Question of the Day - Thursday July 11, 2024

[NY cat man]

I went last month. I had an MRI appointment today but my back hurt so much that I could not walk upright. I was almost relieved when a rep from their office called to say the machine was down.

My reaction to pain is sickness, so now I am nauseous and wish I had gone to my family doctor today. I don't know if I posted this, but I went to an appointment at another facility last month and their machine had been down eight days. That one was at 0530. Nobody was there! It was quite a ways from my house.

What is it with me and MRI machines? I am breaking them from afar? What's really going on? Anyway, I got a blessing today. It was at a closer facility, but I don't think I could have made it to the end of my country road. And DH drives me.

Believe me, you have my sympathies on your back condition. Back in early '84, I started having back pain, but just took some Tylenol for it and kept on. Then, one morning at work, I started for the office to see if there were any work orders for the trucks. I think I made about 3 steps when my right leg just collapsed and down I went. Still, I got up and went about my business, but there was that constant pain. This went on for several months before Michele practically dragged me to see an orthopedic surgeon from the hospital where she worked. He checked me over and said I had at least one blown out disc, whereupon he referred me to a neurosurgeon. The myelogram revealed two blown out discs, so almost exactly 40 years ago I had surgery, but not spinal fusion. Rather, he went in and basically just cleaned out the material that had leaked out of the discs, but left the fibrous material behind. The point is; here I thought I was being a big baby, until I found out that, yeah, there really was a problem.
One other thing. Professional courtesy comes in handy at times.

 

[game misconduct]

i go alot more than i like every 3 months to get blood work done and then doctor for the blood work another doctor every 6 months. things are calmer now though

 

[Kwik]

I wish all the replies were- "once a year " for a routine check up.....

Everyone always has something at sometime or another but absolutely no one on the planet is guaranteed tomorrow.... so we are ALL very Blessed EACH day above the ground!

 

[tiggerwillow]

I wish all the replies were- "once a year " for a routine check up.....

Everyone always has something at sometime or another but absolutely no one on the planet is guaranteed tomorrow.... so we are ALL very Blessed EACH day above the ground!

Mine would of been once a year if the doctor there wasn't prejudice against cats

 

[catloverfromwayback]

When I need paperwork or to renew prescriptions or get test results, mostly, so not that often, especially now Mum has her doctor at the nursing home and I don’t have to do her visits as well.

 

[denice]

I haven't been for years, last time I went the doctor got mad at me cause she doesn't like cats and she wanted me to give Tigger and Ebony away - literally her only reason was she doesn't like cats

I get reminder letters but have never gone back cause why would I go somewhere where the doctor wants me to get rid of family members literally based on her own likes and dislikes

You can find another doctor. Are you allergic to cats? There are things that you and the doctor can do to help. An allergic reaction that gets into the lungs can be bad both in the near term and in terms of long-term damage. Allergic reactions are also inflammatory and researchers have found how inflammation can affect the entire body.

 

[tiggerwillow]

You can find another doctor. Are you allergic to cats? There are things that you and the doctor can do to help. An allergic reaction that gets into the lungs can be bad both in the near term and in terms of long-term damage. Allergic reactions are also inflammatory and researchers have found how inflammation can affect the entire body.

I have never been allergic to cats, it's literally the doctor thinking cats are evil when we all know they are not

 

[tiggerwillow]

Sadly, that doctors is the only one in the village

 

[Mia6]

several times a year

 

[denice]

Sadly, that doctors is the only one in the village

That is probably why her people skills aren't very good, she has a small but captive group of patients.