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March 01, 2006
I go once a decade whether I need it or not
I went to the doctor yesterday for the first time since... well, I don't remember my last visit. I went in because my shoulder has been hurting for about four weeks now. I was shooting hoops with the neighbor kids when I tweaked it pretty bad. Normally, I ice things down and after a few days everything is fine... this time it just seemed to linger. I figured I better see if there was something involved that time wouldn't heal.
One of things I dislike about our medical system (and trust me, there are MANY more) is that they talk down to you. I mean, I do have a degree in Exercise Physiology... I know what is going on in my body. Despite the fact that I pointed out exactly what I believe to be wrong, they insisted on going through the x-ray process. I felt that an MRI would be much more revealing and the x-ray would be a waste of time (and insurance money.)
I snapped this just before getting irradiated. I kept the tech in stitches as I questioned her about the machine ruining my iPod, my credit cards, my phone etc. and then donned a real serious face - pointed to my "junk" and said, "My boys are gonna be okay - right?" She busted up and managed to say... "yeah, you're equipment will be fine."
After reviewing the x-rays, guess what? The doc said there was nothing to be learned from them and that I should probably get a MRI. DOH!! Oh well... I still have to schedule that part, but at least we are on the right track now.
Posted by CDogg at March 1, 2006 07:54 AM
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Chriropators work good for those sort of things. Assuming it isn't broken, they can generally help. Heck, they are helping my wrist taht hurts once in a while.
Posted by: Mike Wills at March 1, 2006 09:28 AM