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Good morning everyone.

BTW, I do have good news in that I have figured out how to manage my back from tolerable to just moderately uncomfortable and rest well with less sleep with lidocaine patches, steroids, anti-inflammatories and heat. The tramadol shot made me lie to myself about what was working that first couple...

I so want to post good morning again but I don't want anyone think I am flirting.

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I cannot be held responsible for anything I post while waiting on the coffee pot to make the first cup. Or most of anything else according to my mental health team and attorney, but I digress.

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And the difference between hypothetical and realistic is explained as best as I have ever seen by Bernie Mac(RIP):

Thanks, and I have real hope and must give the doctors credit for pushing hard to correct their oversights. I got a call yesterday and my MRI is tomorrow afternoon. The orthopedist has taken control of my care, and I expect I will get into the proper department and care within 2 weeks. I can...

Dig the hole before you start. Nothing worse than hitting rock with a body in your ... I mean hypothetically speaking.

I actually do!!! My left knee is a 2010 model, and the right is the 2015 edition. IF Titanium prices spike, I may have a "wreck the truck to get the insurance to make the truck payment" moment :LOL: :LOL: Good morning everyone.

TLDR :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Thanks!!! I hope it helps someone.

Thanks, I had an ortho appointment this morning and the train is back on the track. We are all agreed that my back is the issue, but I need the MRI to determine the damage and course of action. My oldest knee is loosening but well in the normal range for its age and doc estimated maybe 5-10...

And @Tenn"cock, the office will most likely not have a patients advocate but will have a QM/PS trained office manager in some sort.

I put the index there on purpose, it was about the only thing I could think of to be a jackass, and I have to manage expectations of me. Were I you, I would take a copy of my records to that 5-star for another opinion of the early treatment. Don't get me wrong in that it sounds like you are...

Good morning everyone. I was up all night again but not from pain. Apparently, tramadol shots and steroids allow me not to just sleep but to fully rest. Nothing like waking up at 5:30 PM fully rested. Its, going to be a few days to get back on schedule.

I also just wanted to say that my case is a comedy of errors. I have treatment notes from the doc that don't match the nurse's notes of the same visit and relays a totally incomplete picture of my symptoms. There were sentence fragments and incomplete statements. The truth is that either in...

Preface And Summary, Read First. Guys, unless you are in the VA or know someone who is, this is going to be tedious and boring. But if you are in the system, you will eventually run into issues or know someone that has. Nobody teaches you the system, but their every decision in care and...

Chapter 3: TLDR- Look, A Shiney New Object! Yesterday I was scrolling through YouTube shorts and got the ad "quit using AI like Google". Y'all know that I'm a people pleasing conformist by very nature, so I decided to quit using AI like that. First, I had to start. It turns out that if you are...

Chapter 2: TLDR- Idiot quit banging head on wall, amazed that headaches abate Guys, I want to say up front that I have been flat wrong about OIG and patients' advocates. They are generally good at what they do and can offer certain kinds of help with the system. They are limited because of the...