Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

- Injured wrist yesterday
- Messaged PCP this AM to refer me to an ortho
- PCP says I need to be evaluated by her first
- I left my office near hospital and drove 40 minutes to her office.
- Waited 45 minutes
- She talked to me for 5 minutes saying "its either broken or sprained" and said "we don't do xrays in-house, I'll put an order in at the hospital."
- Drove 40 minutes to hospital
- She forgot to send the order
- Waited 30 minutes before getting ahold of her office
- Get the x-rays done

Waiting on results. But here's the flow chart:
Severe sprain-> ortho
Broken -> ortho

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- Rad tech was not given instructions other than "right wrist"
- Rad tech didn't ask me where the suspected injury was
- took 3 images, 2 of which are the same view of the scaphoid bone, the other obscures the scaphoid
- images sent to some physician at a desk somewhere, with no instructions on injury location
- he says "these scans are normal, no injury and no soft tissue damage" after primary care documented significant pain and swelling of wrist and thumb

Still waiting for primary to call me with instructions. As a former athlete who has dealt with all kinds of sores, sprains, strains, breaks, etc I know how this is supposed to/should work. This ain't it.

I long for the days when I could call Franklin Bone and Joint, set an appointment, and see an ortho who will directly give diagnostics and guide the Rad tech through the positions he/she wants to see on scans, and you walk out that day with an answer and treatment.
 
It helps to just shop on the outer edges of the grocery store and try to stay away from the center aisles. But yah, they put stupid things in all the things these days.
Problem is that in doing so, your grocery bill doubles making it difficult for most folks. They should make healthy foods cheaper as a benefit of being healthier and taking some of the burden on our healthcare system. Obviously, they want us sick and/or dead while lining the pockets of big pharma and their political lackies.
 
if the 9-3 teams are in the playoff mix like they were last yr then the 8-4's will be in play with this new format


gonna be a bloodbath....getting more like the nfl.
Next season I suspect our soft schedule changes and we walk the road that UF and OU are presently on. That will be fun to watch.
 
- Rad tech was not given instructions other than "right wrist"
- Rad tech didn't ask me where the suspected injury was
- took 3 images, 2 of which are the same view of the scaphoid bone, the other obscures the scaphoid
- images sent to some physician at a desk somewhere, with no instructions on injury location
- he says "these scans are normal, no injury and no soft tissue damage" after primary care documented significant pain and swelling of wrist and thumb

Still waiting for primary to call me with instructions. As a former athlete who has dealt with all kinds of sores, sprains, strains, breaks, etc I know how this is supposed to/should work. This ain't it.

I long for the days when I could call Franklin Bone and Joint, set an appointment, and see an ortho who will directly give diagnostics and guide the Rad tech through the positions he/she wants to see on scans, and you walk out that day with an answer and treatment.
Scary sign when you start talking to yourself. ;)
 
I love when I drink something like a Hawaiian Punch and remember about 3/4 of the way through it that red 40 gives me a blistering migraine every time. 👀

Mainly it's red gatorade that does, so hopefully I dodge a bullet on this one
Red Gatorade sucks anyway. Lemon-Lime and Orange are the only acceptable flavors - old school.
 
I think if you had come in and said “Well done, but here’s an even better idea…,” you would have had a good reception. @Volunteer821 is a great guy and avid outdoorsman. No reason to go off on him. You’re a great guy, too.
Thank you for the kind words, undeserving, but thank you sir.
 
- Injured wrist yesterday
- Messaged PCP this AM to refer me to an ortho
- PCP says I need to be evaluated by her first
- I left my office near hospital and drove 40 minutes to her office.
- Waited 45 minutes
- She talked to me for 5 minutes saying "its either broken or sprained" and said "we don't do xrays in-house, I'll put an order in at the hospital."
- Drove 40 minutes to hospital
- She forgot to send the order
- Waited 30 minutes before getting ahold of her office
- Get the x-rays done

Waiting on results. But here's the flow chart:
Severe sprain-> ortho
Broken -> ortho

🤦‍♂️
You need a new pcp insuead of that greedy useless one who only wanted to see you so she could collect extra visit revenue.
 
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- Injured wrist yesterday
- Messaged PCP this AM to refer me to an ortho
- PCP says I need to be evaluated by her first
- I left my office near hospital and drove 40 minutes to her office.
- Waited 45 minutes
- She talked to me for 5 minutes saying "its either broken or sprained" and said "we don't do xrays in-house, I'll put an order in at the hospital."
- Drove 40 minutes to hospital
- She forgot to send the order
- Waited 30 minutes before getting ahold of her office
- Get the x-rays done

Waiting on results. But here's the flow chart:
Severe sprain-> ortho
Broken -> ortho

🤦‍♂️
Assuming you have HMO insurance coverage?
 
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