Re: Doctor's appnt today...

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Sorry you have to wait so long for your doctor appointments. However, they sometimes have cancellations so if you call every week or so you may be able to get in earlier. Also let your PCP know how long you have to wait for your appointments and maybe you can get some medication and/or some help in getting earlier appointments. God bless.

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From: aclavern33@...

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Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:58 PM

Subject: Doctor's appnt today...

well Monday morning I awoke to terrible hip pain. I suffered through Monday figuring this was yet another case of bad bursitis. I have had bursitis before in the past in my hips and elbow.

The time I had it in my elbow it was so bad that the bursa popped out from under the muscle like a goose egg. Normally I get a shot of steroids into the area and it goes away as does the pain.

Well my PCP today sent me for Xrays of the hip. He compared them to my past Xrays from the past 3 yrs and it showed significant arthritic changes in the socket.....plus he believes I had a bone spur that has broken off and is floating around in the joint.

He said that the ball looks good and does not see much change from my old Xrays.

He wanted the ortho doc to see me immediately and put a shot into the hip which would give me some relief in the pain. But the doc was too busy and would not see me. So they scheduled me for an appnt with ortho the end of this month. In the meantime I took the offer of Lodine XL and nexium. It was this or leave with no relief and nothing! I just hope and pray this stuff will not tear up my stomach or cause ulcers. As my poor little pouch is quite sensitive to meds.

I called my new rheummy and he can not see me until July. So I guess I just sit and wait and see what happens. So for now I am in a holding pattern until I see the rheummy. My internal med doc does not want me to start any of the RA meds that my old rheummy ordered until I see this new doc.

My Internist did do a ANA which showed one elevated value of a weak positive ANA and the pattern was homogeneous speckled pattern. My internists say this is negative test...but I guess we see what the rheummy says.

Well, I am off to bed...hip is sore as heck and hurts like heck.

Toni