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i couldn't take the nagging anymore, so i let joey drag me to the ER. see, if you move my head, even a centimeter, in the wrong direction i scream. i am in no way exaggerating i'm afraid. lucky for me they'd just brought in a serious trauma patient that ate up the staff, and we had a nice long extended wait. i don't feel the doctors did all they could by any stretch of the imagination because it was about to be bar rush and they needed the room. they told me to "call my doctor to get an MRI scheduled ASAP" when they could have just as easily done one there.
at any rate, the ER doc (the whole minute and a half i saw her) thinks that the disc in my neck that was previously herniated has collapsed (gotta love degenerative disc disease). she also thinks there's a second herniation as a result. i already have stenosis from the original herniation, but she's "almost positive" that the spinal cord is now officially pinched instead of "crowded." she threw some percocet at me (THANK THE FUCK GOD!!!) along with a steroid (they gave me a shot of it - IN THE BUTT!!!!) with the instructions to get scheduled for and MRI first thing monday.
this is where it gets interesting - i can NEVER get through to my doctor or nurse practitioner. if i leave a message with another nurse to give to them (they don't have direct lines for the patients) they don't call me until the next day, sometimes the day after that. i only have 15 percocet to make it until they get around to getting back to me.
i'm really kicking myself for throwing out all my percocet from my spine fusion. i really need it now :(.
at any rate, the ER doc (the whole minute and a half i saw her) thinks that the disc in my neck that was previously herniated has collapsed (gotta love degenerative disc disease). she also thinks there's a second herniation as a result. i already have stenosis from the original herniation, but she's "almost positive" that the spinal cord is now officially pinched instead of "crowded." she threw some percocet at me (THANK THE FUCK GOD!!!) along with a steroid (they gave me a shot of it - IN THE BUTT!!!!) with the instructions to get scheduled for and MRI first thing monday.
this is where it gets interesting - i can NEVER get through to my doctor or nurse practitioner. if i leave a message with another nurse to give to them (they don't have direct lines for the patients) they don't call me until the next day, sometimes the day after that. i only have 15 percocet to make it until they get around to getting back to me.
i'm really kicking myself for throwing out all my percocet from my spine fusion. i really need it now :(.
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we called the ER asking what to do and they said if we came back in they'd just adjust the dosage level but more than likely not give me an MRI to get this ball rolling. i'm guessing its for insurance reasons, which is bullshit. i have a goddamn pinched spinal cord, thsi could be doing permanent damage - and they don't care.