Monday, May 14, 2012

More tests...

In the last few months I've had doctors and nurses , lawyers and physiotherapists wonder why I was still in as much pain as I am, even after the surgery I had that was supposed to fix at least my neck and all pain related to it. It was brought to my semi-retired surgeons attention the amount of pain I was in and the prescribed drugs I was taking for the pain. He wondered the same thing and ran me through a battery of tests all during my kids Spring "Break". I had an MRI, CT scan, bone scan and x-ray done during that week. We all waited for my surgeons opinion after all the tests but heard nothing from him. During this time, I settled with ICBC and was/am happy to get them out of my life. Meanwhile, my physiotherapist looked at my tests and saw something so she sent a note to my doctor to let me know. My MRI showed that I still had a bulging disc, though not as significant as before, still present. Finally I had something confirm the pain I was feeling, and, good or bad, I had already settled with ICBC, so now I'm on my own with this. My regular doctor is recommending prolotherapy on my neck and the date set for that is June 7th. Not sure how that will help my bulging disc. Guess we'll find out.