Re: Saw PT today.. What a waste of time...VENT

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Karla

Don't give up yet. I know it is hard (and expensive!) to have to

check out doctors but there will be one out there who understands.

When I started complaining about back pain , all that was done was to

MRI me and tell me I had deterioration of my spinal discs. Finally

my internist sent me to a neurosurgeon who refused to do surgery on

me as he said I had too much pain all over and surgery would help

only one problem. When my Ob/Gyn saw me he sent me to an orthopedic

back surgeon and I got the same answer. The orthopedist sent me for

P.T. and the therapist was downright cruel and kept saying that I was

refusing to do the exercises. On my fourth and last visit to him I

brought my daughter who is a Dr and he told her that I refused to do

the exercises. She told me not to keep going to him as it was

obvious that he didn't want to work with me. He just wanted to work

with the young adults who had broken legs or some type of surgery.

Meanwhile my internist had sent me to a pain specialist who insisted

on three injections in my spine which didn't help at all and then he

gave up. I went to another pain specialist and he insisted on one

injection in my spine which didn't help any, but-t-t he sent me to a

third pain specialist who was willing to try medications. We are

still trying but things are getting better. Incidentally, the third

Dr was the one who diagnosed the fibromyalgia.

There is help out there.

Margaret B

> Well I went to see the PT today, and she says my fibro will get

> better by

> exercising, eventually..Of course my back will never get better the

> fibro

> will.. With exercise alone.. WOW I am amazed.. BS! And I told her

> so as well