In June of 2013 I fell and dislocated my shoulder. I went to emergency room and they x rayed it and they told me there was nothing wrong with it and that I just most likely sprained it. They didn't want to give me any pain meds other then Motrin 800 and I am allergic to Motrin so I ended up with 2 Tylenol and they sent me home. I call my regular doctor the next day because I am in pain big time and he cant see me till the following day. So when I finally get to see him he checks me out and schedules me an MRI for the next day and gives me Oxycodone 5 for the pain. I go have the MRI done and as soon as its done the MRI tech tells me my shoulder is dislocated and that I need to go straight to my doctor to get it put back in and they were calling him to let him know I was on my way to him. So for 4 days my shoulder had been dislocated!!! (and they wonder why I keep saying I was in pain!!! grrrrrrrrr) He puts my shoulder back in place and gives me a referral to a orthopedic specialist. I call the orthopedic specialist and they make me appointment 3 weeks down the road! I finally get to see the doctor and he checks me out along with the MRI and I tell him how much pain I was in and am still in. He tells me its just bruised and sprained and that I need physical therapy to get back to working order. He gives me oxycodone 10 for the pain. So I start seeing the physical therapy 2 weeks after that 3 times a week for 4 weeks. He wanted me to do 8 weeks of therapy but after 4 weeks I just cant take it any more its not getting any better and is still killing me with the pain. So I stop the physical therapy and make appointment to see the doctor again. I get in and see the doctor again and he sets me up appointment for another MRI the next day. He gives me again oxycodone 10 for the pain. I go get the MRI done and have to wait 2 weeks to get the results and see my doctor again. He looks over the MRI and says its just sprained bad and bruised and will heal in time and sets me up for another appointment to see him in a month. Month after Month goes by and I keep seeing him and keep hearing the same thing from him that its just sprained is bruised and he keeps giving me oxycodone 10 each visit for the pain and I am still miserable and it is driving me CRAZY the pain I am in and not getting any better!!! I cant do nothing at all hardly I am in pain 24/7 it seems and getting no where. Finally the First of January comes around and I am at the doctors again getting seen and he is telling me the same crap all over again. Well after 7 months of this crap my husband finally blows his top!!! He is sick and tired of seeing how much pain I am in and no one seems to give a damn it seems like. So he chewed that doctor a new ASSHOLE and told him he better figure out what in the hell is wrong with me and fix it or he is going to kick his ass. MY HUSBAND LOST HIS TEMPER BIG TIME!!! Well the doctor schedules another MRI but this time a more in depth one. I go the next day and have it done and have to wait again another 2 weeks to get the results. Finally get to see the doctor and the doctor finally said guess what you have a tare in the AC joint and you tore one of the muscles in your shoulder!!!! And I tore it good. Picture a muscle that is 4 inches long and you tare it in half and you have 2 muscles now that are 2 inches long that need to be sewn back together. Well that isn't how I tore mine. Now picture you have a muscle that is 4 inches long and you tare it in half and you have 2 muscles 4 inches long. That is what happen to me. My muscle separated in half to make 2 and between that and the tear in the AC joint is why I have been in so much pain and cant hardly use my arm!!! I can use it but its hard to hold things and I cant raise it up hardly at all. As long as the arm stays down I can live with it it just drives me crazy from the pain. I ask the doctor how he is going to fix it and he tells me that they are going to try and treat it with meds and see if time will heal it if not I will need surgery. So for now every 2 weeks I have to go see him and get 4 shots in my shoulder to try and make it heal. He still gives me oxycodone 10 each month 80 each time to get me by with also. But tells me it can take up to another year before it is healed!!!! I feel like I have been strung along and they didn't give a crap about my pain to really find out what was causing it when they should of done a in depth MRI to start with MONTHS AGO!!! I mean come on 7 months of hell I have been in and it took my husband blowing his top to get results. What do you think????
doctors are just people people can be douchebags and they can make mistakes. but people can also be amazing. good luck finding a new doctor.
Yes actualy, my dad was ranting just yesterday. His doctor used to give him 4 refills on his heart meds. Well yesterday he went for his physical and the doctor only gave him 2 refills. He asked why and the doc told him straight up, the insurance companies cut our rates so to make ends meet i need the extra copays.Fucking ridiculous.- what's good, nyugga? what's REALLY good?!
[quote name="MissBaracuta" post="19435372" timestamp="1391099813"]I know what you mean. Said 7 months of hell I have been in and still living it!!![/quote]My dad jokingly asked him, i hate coming here... can i just mail you the copay and you write my script? The doc jokingly said, if i couldn't get busted for insurance fraud by saying you were physically here... i'd do it.Him n my dad are kinda buddies. They golf n shit... sad state of american medicine.- what's good, nyugga? what's REALLY good?!
well my arm works like this. One minute I can pick a glass up and get a drink and 5 min later I pick the same glass up with less in it and my arm cant hold it!!!! Or I roll over in bed and feel like someone has shot me in the middle of the nite. Its been hell.
[quote name="MissBaracuta" post="19435421" timestamp="1391100380"]well my arm works like this. One minute I can pick a glass up and get a drink and 5 min later I pick the same glass up with less in it and my arm cant hold it!!!! Or I roll over in bed and feel like someone has shot me in the middle of the nite. Its been hell.[/quote]I hope you get all better and the pain goes away. I have the same thing but with medications. I have really bad anxiety/ benign tremors . And when I was 16 I was prescribed Valium. (Am I allowed to say this? Ill edit if not.) 4 months went by and it just got worse. (They up'd the Mg's 2 times) Then they switched me to buspirone (ill edit if needed as stated before) and that shit was a tranquilizer. I'd get scared with that shit. One time in school I had to ask a teacher if I was there or dreaming I was actually there. Teacher thought I was high af, while I was just too fucked up on my meds. That shouldn't be a med used on anybody unless they need that shit to live. Then I got prescribed clonazepam: that shit was cool but not for anxiety. I was hard core addicted cuz it made me not give a fuck, not fear danger, and feel like a million bucks til the crash. Worst part is is that the part that addicted me were the "harmful side effects" Then I stopped taking that shit and told my doctor. Nothing had helped yet. Only made it worse. I tried smoking weed, and that made my anxiety go away instantly. (Obviously he can't give me weed, non med state) But then he gave me levetiracetam: a anti-seizure med cuz it "helps anxiety in special cases" I took it for a little and said fuck all the pills. I haven't taken a pill for my anxiety in like 3-4 months and my anxiety has decreased immensely. I don't shake out of no where. I don't feel as if something wrong when I'm not shaking, and I barely even notice the anxiety. Maybe once or twice a week besides just tapping my foot on the ground, versus like 10 times a day minimum .
There is time it goes completely numb but a lot of times its like some has taken a 6 inch knife and buried it as deep as they can into me.
the entire world is driven by money these days... It doesn't matter wether it's the doctor, the garage or any business. Most will try to sell you what pays them off, regardless if that's what you need or not. that's something you should keep in mind when purchasing stuff.
Doctors like to order a ton of tests. Always ask what the tests are for and if you actually need it. Like, if they find out what the problem it is that you had, but they were going to run a bunch more expensive tests to verify what they already know, then you probably don't want to take all those extra tests. Sometimes it's required though but your doctor should have a good reason for it.
All the time. I changed doctors once I hit 18 and went to my new one my doctor referred me to. Instantly she takes me off this and that for my asthma and puts me on these things. I hardly take my meds when needed, I got boxes of it sitting under the bathroom sink. And my asthma is doing just fine. She made it out to be I was dying or some shit...idk I hate doctors. Sent from my RM-845_nam_vzw_100 using Tapatalk
Don't you just love that. They don't ask you if the meds you were already using is working for you or not they just what to change it so that they can get you on different drugs cause its the ones they like. Wonder if they get a kick back for them ...I know they don't but it sure seems like it at times!!!
I know what you mean. Look at how many MRIS I had done before they finally did an in depth one to find the problem. Why in the hell didn't they do that the first damn time so it could of already been healing way before now. No they just want to string me along longer so they can get more money and now start it at another year for it to heal or have surgery. That is bull shit. That is what it feels like to me. But who am I to say other then being in a living hell of pain for past 7 months!!!