My Pros and Cons in a small town PD.

[popo8]

Soooo.... I went to the docs today...

He looked at the arthrogram imaging of my hip..... He is unsure that is the cause of my pain and does not think he wants to operate ....

He set me up with his spine specialist to take alook... starting to see the "round and round" coming up..... Ugh.


Larry (Popo8) Co-owner
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[popo8]

This whole thing is totally ruining the holidays.... I cant not worry about it either.... it just constantly sits on my shoulders like a dumptruck.

[Badbird_96]

You spin me right round baby, right round, like a record baby, right round, round round.

But seriously wtf thought that was the issue

[popo8]

You spin me right round baby, right round, like a record baby, right round, round round.

But seriously wtf thought that was the issue

He is not sure it is the issue... not saying it is...not saying it isnt...

His concern is.... if we fix my hip, and it was not the issue...we put me through surgery, and the issue will remain and I will just continue to limp and cause the damage to the hip again.

Remember, we dont know if its THE issue... orrrrr if it was caused by WHATEVER the issue is.... ya know?

[94Blackbird]

He is not sure it is the issue... not saying it is...not saying it isnt...

His concern is.... if we fix my hip, and it was not the issue...we put me through surgery, and the issue will remain and I will just continue to limp and cause the damage to the hip again.

Remember, we dont know if its THE issue... orrrrr if it was caused by WHATEVER the issue is.... ya know?

Much as it sucks, that does make sense to an extent. I would think that they would be leaning a little more towards doing the surgery, seeing as the injections you had in that area seemed to give you relief for a few days. And the fact that they weren't able to find anything physically
wrong with your back itself

[popo8]

Much as it sucks, that does make sense to an extent. I would think that they would be leaning a little more towards doing the surgery, seeing as the injections you had in that area seemed to give you relief for a few days. And the fact that they weren't able to find anything physically
wrong with your back itself

Thats EXACTLY what I said to him... I had 2 or 3 days of near 100% relief from that injection right up until I went back to Aggressive PT..... IDK if it played into it at all, but he talked to me and examined me in about 10 minutes, after I waited nearly 2 hours after my appointment to see him... and it was late friday before the weekend before X-mas.... I kinda feel like I got chinced for attention cause everyone in the office wanted OUT....

Ill go see the spine specialist.... and see what they have to say, Im always weary when one Dr pushes me to another Dr in the same office... Like, "Im to lazy to work on you, but I dont want your money to go anywhere else..."

[94Blackbird]

Thats EXACTLY what I said to him... I had 2 or 3 days of near 100% relief from that injection right up until I went back to Aggressive PT..... IDK if it played into it at all, but he talked to me and examined me in about 10 minutes, after I waited nearly 2 hours after my appointment to see him... and it was late friday before the weekend before X-mas.... I kinda feel like I got chinced for attention cause everyone in the office wanted OUT....

Ill go see the spine specialist.... and see what they have to say, Im always weary when one Dr pushes me to another Dr in the same office... Like, "Im to lazy to work on you, but I dont want your money to go anywhere else..."

Is this a new dr that you're seeing? If so, he may not have a feel for the last two years, and wants to send you to someone who's opinion he trusts, to make sure that what is in your medical records is accurate. I can see being cautious in this instance, especially if this guy has never seen you before. You may not have gotten chinced, it may have simply been the doctor not wanting to go any further until he was sure that that is absolutely the issue. As much as I know you want to get things rolling to get fixed, another pair of eyes can't hurt, and will either clear you hot for surgery, or maybe find another issue that was somehow missed. Either way, I think you're nearing the end game, at least as far as finally having a solution to your issues and getting them resolved.

[popo8]

Is this a new dr that you're seeing? If so, he may not have a feel for the last two years, and wants to send you to someone who's opinion he trusts, to make sure that what is in your medical records is accurate. I can see being cautious in this instance, especially if this guy has never seen you before. You may not have gotten chinced, it may have simply been the doctor not wanting to go any further until he was sure that that is absolutely the issue. As much as I know you want to get things rolling to get fixed, another pair of eyes can't hurt, and will either clear you hot for surgery, or maybe find another issue that was somehow missed. Either way, I think you're nearing the end game, at least as far as finally having a solution to your issues and getting them resolved.

Thank You man.. your always great for another angle to look at things with and I appreciate it...
In fact it is another Dr.... The Dr that is my treating physician sent me to a local surgeon to discuss the hip.... when we confirmed that my hip was torn... that Surgeon said he does not do arthroscopic surgery on the hip.... if he would do it at all, he would require fileting me... and Im not digging that.... so he ref'd me to this other Surgeon (an hour away) who does the hip surg arthoscopically... and that is who I just saw....

[94Blackbird]

Thank You man.. your always great for another angle to look at things with and I appreciate it...
In fact it is another Dr.... The Dr that is my treating physician sent me to a local surgeon to discuss the hip.... when we confirmed that my hip was torn... that Surgeon said he does not do arthroscopic surgery on the hip.... if he would do it at all, he would require fileting me... and Im not digging that.... so he ref'd me to this other Surgeon (an hour away) who does the hip surg arthoscopically... and that is who I just saw....

Ok, gotcha. In that case, I would say that the surgeon you just saw is covering his bases and having you see someone who's opinion he trusts. I'm sure you can understand the mentality of picking up something another officer had been working on, and back checking everything to make sure that there wasn't something that was missed and to get up to speed with exactly what is going on, using the file you got as a good starting point. I wouldn't sweat that part too much at this point.

[popo8]

Ok, gotcha. In that case, I would say that the surgeon you just saw is covering his bases and having you see someone who's opinion he trusts. I'm sure you can understand the mentality of picking up something another officer had been working on, and back checking everything to make sure that there wasn't something that was missed and to get up to speed with exactly what is going on, using the file you got as a good starting point. I wouldn't sweat that part too much at this point.

It does make sense... thank you for making it clear. Im just really starting to come apart over it...especially with the hearing coming up on the 7th....

You know whats really funny... (besides my friends and family) this line/video recharges me with the will to fight... almost to the point I want physical altercation....lol


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