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Oh, blargh!
Jun. 6th, 2005 05:50 pmgrumble. grumble. piss and moan. [end whine]
{cue muppet announcer voice}The continu-uu-ing sto-ooor-ry of a back that's gone to thedogs docs. {end muppet announcer voice}
In our last installment, our intrepid patient had recovered from a "standard" epidural injection. While xrays showed it was a technically successful injection, there was no relief for the patient.
So, off to the back doc again. "didn't work? huh. bummer" (you ain't kidding!) OK, new options are:
( No whining here. Just options. )
So what we are doing is the injection (1) and a referral to a back surgeon. Who is at the Chelsea Hospital, and just went to full-time there, so I should get in fairly quickly. (His office closes at 4 on Monday, so the referral clerk wasn't able to make an appointment today.)
(1)yes, he talked me into it. He said it wouldn't be any worse than the prior one, and has a better chance of working.
(edited to correct muppet announcer line. sorry folks. I should know my muppet show better than that.)
{cue muppet announcer voice}The continu-uu-ing sto-ooor-ry of a back that's gone to the
In our last installment, our intrepid patient had recovered from a "standard" epidural injection. While xrays showed it was a technically successful injection, there was no relief for the patient.
So, off to the back doc again. "didn't work? huh. bummer" (you ain't kidding!) OK, new options are:
( No whining here. Just options. )
So what we are doing is the injection (1) and a referral to a back surgeon. Who is at the Chelsea Hospital, and just went to full-time there, so I should get in fairly quickly. (His office closes at 4 on Monday, so the referral clerk wasn't able to make an appointment today.)
(1)yes, he talked me into it. He said it wouldn't be any worse than the prior one, and has a better chance of working.
(edited to correct muppet announcer line. sorry folks. I should know my muppet show better than that.)
