Here we go again....

I sometimes feel I am living a soap opera.  I know I wanted to write for them, not live one!  So on Friday I had an appt with my orthopedic specialist for my herniated discs.  They seem to be doing better, so that something.  I showed him my swollen left arm, he begins to exam it and told him my neurologist ruled out a pinched nerve.  Ortho asked if neuro did an mri of neck and I said no, ortho then said "then he couldn't have completely ruled it out." Okay then.  So he took x-rays of my neck and sure enough just from the x-rays he can tell I have deterioration. He wants to try physical therapy first to see if that helps, if it doesn't then he will order an mri of my neck.  Yay another test!!! In the meantime I kind of told him about what was going on headache wise and asked if he could recommend a neurologist here in town.  He did.  Of course the one he recommended is part of the same group I go to, cause life can't be easy can it?  So I call to try and switch to this doctor.  Well you guessed it, can't just switch on your own.  I was told I had to write to the administrator and it could take two to three weeks.  When your head feels like it has men with jack-hammers in it day in and day out two to three weeks is a lifetime, not to mention your disability is hanging on a tiny tiny thread.  So of course I go into tiny panic attack number, I don't even know what number I've lost track of them lately. Once I calm down I decide to call the admin, can't hurt to call, right?  Didn't even think I would get through to be honest, but I did.  He answered his phone!  I explained my situation, he gave me his email so I could write to him that way and get the process started sooner.  He also said it wouldn't take two to three weeks.  He didn't guarantee I would get to switch but fingers crossed because I CAN NOT go back to my neurologist, I just can't.

So today I go to see my gp doctor to discuss this "referral" my neuro wanted him to do.  There seemed to be some confusion.  My gp thought my neuro doctor was referring me to a different neurologist down at IU Med, because whatever is wrong with me is more then my neurologist can deal with (that much I agree with!) where my neurologist told me he wanted my gp to refer me to someone at IU med or the Mayo clinic because I could have some rare disease like Lyme disease.  The look on my gp's face when I said Lyme disease was kind of funny!  I told my gp about trying to switch neurologists based on my ortho doctors recommendation and he told me to keep pushing on that.  Had me schedule an appt for in a week and we would go from there if needed.  He did agree that since this is day 59 of this headache, it is not just a migraine like my neurologist keeps telling me.  So between my orthopedic doctor and my gp doctor I am feeling better.  I also feel better because I have some very good friends both near and far who have all reached out to me in various ways and your love and prayers mean more to me then words could ever ever say!!