Well, my primary care doctor says I can make an appointment with her, and she'll refer me to a specialist. (I don't know why I need an appointment just to get a referral, but whatever.)
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Hil R. - Apr 06, 2017 10:04:50 am PDT #29671 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil R. - Apr 06, 2017 10:25:24 am PDT #29672 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Well, the soonest that the scheduling person could get me in was two weeks from now, but she agreed with me that that was too long, so she transferred my call to a different line, and she said the people there would be able to find a way to fit me in. There were no people there, just voicemail. So, I left a message. This is now four days of calling two different offices, and no appointment scheduled.
Hil R. - Apr 06, 2017 10:36:09 am PDT #29673 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I have an appointment for tomorrow morning! (With a different doctor at the practice, who I think is Steph's Awesome Doctor.)
Calli - Apr 06, 2017 10:49:42 am PDT #29674 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Oh, good, Hil. I'm glad you have an appointment, and I hope they can resolve some of your pain issues.
Laura - Apr 06, 2017 10:55:09 am PDT #29675 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Oh I hope it is Awesome Doc, or at least a responsive Doc!
Hil R. - Apr 06, 2017 10:57:43 am PDT #29676 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm 90% certain that this appointment will be, "Yes, your thumb is indeed unable to bend or unbend. I will refer you to a hand specialist who can give you a steroid injection." But I'm hoping he'll be able to do the injection himself. Appointment is at 10:15, and I'm hoping that my prescription at the rheumatologist will be ready to pick up by then, because the absolute latest that I can get to work is 12:30, and I can't leave after that to pick up the prescription if it's ready in the afternoon.
Steph L. - Apr 06, 2017 11:27:05 am PDT #29677 of 30002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
(With a different doctor at the practice, who I think is Steph's Awesome Doctor.)
Cleves? He's given me steroid injections before. Feel free to tell him we're friends if you like making that kind of chit-chat with your medical professionals. He's very friendly.
DebetEsse - Apr 06, 2017 11:27:25 am PDT #29678 of 30002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Fingers crossed for least-inefficient process from here on out.
Hil R. - Apr 06, 2017 11:31:11 am PDT #29679 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Cleves? He's given me steroid injections before. Feel free to tell him we're friends if you like making that kind of chit-chat with your medical professionals. He's very friendly.
Yep. Awesome. (I'm really hoping to get this taken care of tomorrow, because I'm going to need to be able to help with setting up and stuff at the seder next week.)
Toddson - Apr 06, 2017 12:04:50 pm PDT #29680 of 30002
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Hil - ouch. Best wishes for some kind of relief.
A couple of weeks ago I started having terrible pain in my shoulder/back; went to a local walk-in clinic thinking it might be a pinched nerve and that they could do something ... maybe inject some novacaine into the joint. Instead I got checked out by a nurse practitioner who advised icing it (I'd been using heat). Tried that and it helped a lot. Got in to see a sports medicine specialist who verified there was nothing structurally wrong, advised that I keep icing it and, while it still aches some (and I have permanent wet spots from the frozen veggies I use as ice packs), it's much better.