Medical Issues

I have a very sore right leg, especially at the top of the leg. I called my primary care doctor, who was more concerned with an abdominal pain in my left side, so I had x-rays of the left hip that determined I have extensive arthritis in my left hip and may be a candidate for hip replacement surgery ... in the future.

Great to know that, but what about my right leg?

Oh, for that, I should see an ortho doc, so I called the last one I used, the one who redid the right knee surgery that the quack doctor didn't do correctly. The xray didn't show any need to be concerned about the right hip, but that's not my issue: my right leg hurts from hip to toe and I can barely stand the pain some days.

Well, then, let's do an MRI on that area and see what's going on. I'll have the girls in the front office set up an appointment for you and let you know where/when, after which I will have another appointment to find out the results, says the doctor.

Okay. Day 1, didn't hear from the front office. Day 2, I called and left a message. Day 3, I called again and left a message. Day 4, I called again and left another message. Then it was the weekend, so I waited on Monday to hear, but no phone call. Tuesday, I drove to the office and explained that I was frustrated because I was supposed to have an MRI to find out the cause for the pain in my right leg, but no one had contacted me. I finally got the feeling it was going to work out because she typed an email in front of me to the person tasked with contacting both the MRI facility and me with the details.

Nope: no one called me with a date/time/facility. So, we drove back to the doctor office and I again spoke in person to the office staff and told them that this situation was ridiculous -- and I was still in pain on my right leg and getting nowhere with their procedure for getting an appointment for an MRI. That did the trick: I finally got a phone call with the MRI center and got set up for the appointment -- an entire week later! Meanwhile, I'm limping around on a very painful leg that is getting worse, not better.

The good news is that I go in Monday for the MRI; the bad news is that I don't see the doctor for the results conversation for another week after that!

I was told that these things take time.

Yeah, I know.

UPDATING: I've had the MRI and will go to the doctor for the results this coming Monday. My right leg is not doing better, even though I've stayed off it as much as possible for the past 2 weeks.