Re: recent visit to spine Doc

[Guest guest]

> Anyone out there have a similar experience or know what " The Shot " is about? <

Possibly an epidural steroid injection? That is done as an outpatient procedure,

but in a minor surgical room. If you have insurance, that also has to be

approved, as well as schedule where he has room.

Did you ask the doctor what to do until then?

Viv in GA

[Guest guest]

My Husband and I thought that I was going to have it right then. We

had no idea that we were basically being dismissed for the day, so we

really had no opportunity to ask anything. I guess that the Dr. wants

me to continue what I have been doing, even if it isn't helping much.

I get really discouraged when you have the feeling that the Doctor is

to busy to actually talk to you rather than a recorder. His waiting

room looked as if he was over booked. I bet it would be a different

story if he were the one in pain!!!!

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> > Anyone out there have a similar experience or know what " The

Shot " is about? <

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> Possibly an epidural steroid injection? That is done as an

outpatient procedure, but in a minor surgical room. If you have

insurance, that also has to be approved, as well as schedule where he

has room.

> Did you ask the doctor what to do until then?

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> Viv in GA

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[Guest guest]

What I have done to try to get my questions answered and to get more complete

care is to take a list of questions written out which I either read to the

doctor or hand to the doctor to answer. That way I can be sure to find out what

I need to know. And sometimes you have to be almost confrontational--once I had

an EMG by a doctor I don't particularly like. I had had these tests before, so

I knew that the doctor could tell me about it right then. He wasn't going to.

I had to practically grab him by the collar and hold him against the wall

(figuratively, not literally!) to get him to tell me what it showed. There was

no sense in waiting! Often if the patient knows what's coming next, you can

avoid some of these long delays by acting on it immediately, calling your PCP

yourself, and getting an appointment a little faster, though sometimes--no,

maybe most of the time--the waits are ridiculous and infuriating. Good luck!

Be especially forceful since you have traveled so far! Let the doc know that!

You are the consumer. It is YOUR body! Flo

[Guest guest]

Thank-you for responding as I really appreciate it. We normally do

have written questions for the Doctor but this time I only had one

and that was about the pain that is still there. He is the one that

all of a sudden decided about the shot. The Doctor he is having do

this is not my primary doctor but one out of his organization. I did

go and see my primary and she put be on something meantime but I

think some adjustment with the amount of medication will need to be

done as it really didn't control the pain much. What i don't

understand is that I had my surgury last July, my x-rays show that

everything is healing fine, so why doesn't the pain go away? Some

days of course are better than others but the whole thing is really

getting me down.

-- In spinaldisorderssupport , " key1492 "

<key1492@n...> wrote:

> What I have done to try to get my questions answered and to get

more complete care is to take a list of questions written out which I

either read to the doctor or hand to the doctor to answer. That way

I can be sure to find out what I need to know. And sometimes you

have to be almost confrontational--once I had an EMG by a doctor I

don't particularly like. I had had these tests before, so I knew

that the doctor could tell me about it right then. He wasn't going

to. I had to practically grab him by the collar and hold him against

the wall (figuratively, not literally!) to get him to tell me what it

showed. There was no sense in waiting! Often if the patient knows

what's coming next, you can avoid some of these long delays by acting

on it immediately, calling your PCP yourself, and getting an

appointment a little faster, though sometimes--no, maybe most of the

time--the waits are ridiculous and infuriating. Good luck! Be

especially forceful since you have traveled so far! Let the doc know

that! You are the consumer. It is YOUR body! Flo

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