Back to square one-Rotten doctors!!

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Hi Everyone,

Well I thought I FINALLY found a good pain doctor until my visit yesterday. He checked out the films for both my hand x-rays and the bone scan I had done and then proceeds to tell me that he doesn't think I have RSD because my bones aren't deteriorating in my hand and arm. Then he asked me if I found a doctor to do the nerve blocks and when I told him no because no-one will accept Medicaid, his WHOLE tune changed and he said that there's nothing he can do for me and BAM! end of visit. Then he told me I have to go to a teaching hospital for the blocks and I asked him about something for pain in the interim until I can get the blocks and he wouldn't even give me anything for pain...so to everyone who lives in NY, DON'T go to Dr Perri..he obviously knows NOTHING about RSD and he won't treat you if you have "welfare insurance". And you better believe it when I tell you after I got home I called my lawyer about this guy..poor Joe asked how the visit went and he wasn't ready for what I told him and he got PISSED about it, told me not to worry that they ARE going to get me in with someone who'll treat me regardless of the Medicaid and he also told me to never go to Perri again..Does anyone know how much those nerve blocks cost? I think it may come down to my lawyer having to front out the money for them and giving the judge another thing to ponder which is, I cannot get treatment for my NON-EXISTENT RSD (sorry, can't help being a bit arrogant about that). I am on SSD and SSI, I'm on NYS Medicaid which NO private doctor who does the blocks will accept as insurance. And just maybe this is a good thing in disguise?? Like the fact that now I can't get treatment, the judge might award me a high amount so I can get the blocks and treatment? I'm only guessing on that but it's a nice thought to guess about. So if anyone knows about how much those blocks cost, can you let me know? Then I can tell my lawyer about it and take it from there...And thank you for letting me vent about getting tossed back to square one in my treatment process..

Gentle Hugs,

~Chrissy~