• protist@mander.xyz
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    5 months ago

    Those doctors sound awful. It’s hard to imagine them at least not taking an X-ray if you came in telling them you have acute pain due to an injury, and why tf wouldn’t they refer you to PT? Glad you’re better

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        5 months ago

        Shit, I have back pain a lot less severe than this fella and my primary care straight up referred me to an MRI at my first appointment, which wasn’t even primarily about my back. Doctors should have to maintain an empathy license.

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        5 months ago

        I was actually x-rayed at the hospital after the initial accident, but they did so while I was lying down. The chiropractor x-rayed me while I was standing.

        Hospital even told me that they don’t catch much of the muscular-skeletal issues that may crop up in patients.

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      5 months ago

      I assume they didn’t want me wasting time & resources. Plus, y’know… I was poor & uninsured.

      Appreciate your kind words! I’ll never be back to 100%, as I was left with a lot of nerve damage for leaving it for so long, but I can walk again without pain, which I’m so fucking thankful for!