- Aug 6, 2012
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In the ongoing experience with Canadian "Healthcare", this one has astonished me. Incompetence isn't the word, this is outright criminal. There is a reason I only see a doctor once a decade, and as fate would have it, my recent criticism of our system rings quite true.
I was referred to have an MRI done by the original doctor at the hospital, though I had to wait a weeks time. The second doctor I meet a week later orders a ultrasound, which provides far less detail. I have a visible gap between my elbow and bicep that wasn't there, and it's either a full tear or a partial tear of the tendon,, with fraying if it isn't a full tear, I've done my homework on this and I feel the extreme pain. The second doctor didn't even assume it was a distal but assumed it was a standard bicep tear (if anything), which impacts the shoulder.
Oddly, he tells me he's "not sure if there is a tear or not, there might be a partial tear, I cant say for sure" (which was the bloody reason I needed an MRI, even the nurse was confused with the change in the test). He then tells me to put ice on it and come back in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, the MRI which the first doctor at the hospital had recommended when I went to the Emergency Room (and have to wait a full week to actually have the MRI done, even when it was an empty room when I went), ends up being a weaker test with no certainty.
It hurts like noones business and I have some limited movement and pain in many movements. There is no way I should have been denied full treatment under the circumstances. With my wife potentially looking at a knee replacement, I already have to do all of the heavy work around the house, I have to do it all now with one arm, rather than getting surgery and working through the rehab to full strength.
If anyone has experienced something like this I would love to hear your advice and experience.
I was referred to have an MRI done by the original doctor at the hospital, though I had to wait a weeks time. The second doctor I meet a week later orders a ultrasound, which provides far less detail. I have a visible gap between my elbow and bicep that wasn't there, and it's either a full tear or a partial tear of the tendon,, with fraying if it isn't a full tear, I've done my homework on this and I feel the extreme pain. The second doctor didn't even assume it was a distal but assumed it was a standard bicep tear (if anything), which impacts the shoulder.
Oddly, he tells me he's "not sure if there is a tear or not, there might be a partial tear, I cant say for sure" (which was the bloody reason I needed an MRI, even the nurse was confused with the change in the test). He then tells me to put ice on it and come back in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, the MRI which the first doctor at the hospital had recommended when I went to the Emergency Room (and have to wait a full week to actually have the MRI done, even when it was an empty room when I went), ends up being a weaker test with no certainty.
It hurts like noones business and I have some limited movement and pain in many movements. There is no way I should have been denied full treatment under the circumstances. With my wife potentially looking at a knee replacement, I already have to do all of the heavy work around the house, I have to do it all now with one arm, rather than getting surgery and working through the rehab to full strength.
If anyone has experienced something like this I would love to hear your advice and experience.
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