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Thread: Off to the neurologist!
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10-05-2007, 01:27 PM #16
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Well that was uneventful. I know, it's not realistic to be "fixed" on the first visit, I'm just frustrated. Where's my magic pill dammit!
He seems nice enough, typical rumpled doctor type. He did a bunch of tests, checking my reflexes, reactions etc. Checked my balance. Aside from my neck and arms, I am neurologically sound
. He looked at the CT scan films and said "These tell me nothing, why didn't they do an MRI on you?" So next week I get the MRI, and possibly another EMG 
(oh joy).
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10-05-2007, 01:30 PM #17
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10-05-2007, 02:36 PM #18
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Good luck! I hope all goes well.
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10-05-2007, 03:43 PM #19
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Ah, yes. The MRI. I had a grad student who did an observation study in a neurology department a few years back. MRIs were standard diagnostic procedure for just about everything!
Originally Posted by snapdragen
Well that was uneventful. I know, it's not realistic to be "fixed" on the first visit, I'm just frustrated. Where's my magic pill dammit!
He seems nice enough, typical rumpled doctor type. He did a bunch of tests, checking my reflexes, reactions etc. Checked my balance. Aside from my neck and arms, I am neurologically sound . He looked at the CT scan films and said "These tell me nothing, why didn't they do an MRI on you?" So next week I get the MRI, and possibly another EMG (oh joy).
BTW, that ROFL-smiley Queen posted? In the context of this thread I thought it was her suggestion for scaring the co-workers -- don't fall on the floor and lie still, fall on the floor and writhe, screaming in "pain". Oh, and then lie still. Woops. Then dial 911 for the co-worker who keels over with a heart attack.Half-marathon over. Sabbatical year over. It's back to "sacking shirt and oat cakes" as they say here.
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10-05-2007, 04:39 PM #20
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Gee. My liver doc looks like he's modeling for GQ. He is one sharp dressed guy. Originally Posted by snapdragen
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10-05-2007, 04:53 PM #21
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We had an orthopod in Edmonton like that, all the PTs called him Dr. Gucci. Originally Posted by zencentury
Snap - they did the CT because they were trying to figure out the status of the C1 vertebra. This Doc wants to know how much impingement there is in the C5 to C7 area, so he needs an MRI because it shows the nerves better.Living life like there's no tomorrow.
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10-05-2007, 05:44 PM #22
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I still want a magic pill or potion.
