Success at last

zechariah
zechariah Member Posts: 222
edited 17. Dec 2010, 17:55 in Living with Arthritis archive
I saw a different consultant yesterday after the last one was so nasty, I saw this guy years ago and be is great!
Anyway, he examined the leg and said there is fluid in the joint, he has ordered a bone scan with the radioactive dye and no matter what the result, he is going to surgically explore the area!
He is looking at a possible problem where the TKR meets the thigh bone!
What a relief, some people may not kick up the fuss I did and so would just go home and suffer the pain!
http://life-love-pain-laughs.blogspot.com/

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  • Starburst
    Starburst Member Posts: 2,546
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh that's fantastic news! I always kick up a fuss when I'm unhappy. It's not fair on you to be living in pain.

    x
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Nice one Zech, nice to hear people have had positive appointments!

    Tony :))
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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    This is better news, zechariah, I am pleased for you. Keep us updated, please. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • tkachev
    tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I am pleased for you too Z. But how hard would have been for the first surgeon to have examined you and tell you the reason for your pain...unless he feels to blame!
    Glad you have some answers and well done for kicking up a fuss which you were entitled to do.

    Elizabeth
    Never be bullied into silence.
    Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
    Accept no ones definition of your life

    Define yourself........

    Harvey Fierstein
  • bertyboy
    bertyboy Member Posts: 1,860
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    well done its nice when we find a consultant that listens and takes us seriously x
    I know i am a lady ,all life is a journey xx MAY xx
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Zec x:rudolf

    Good for you! I am so pleased that at long last you are getting the help that should have been forthcoming ages ago. Sometimes we have to create a little when we feel we are being trampled on and I am so pleased that you did and now hopefully things will be sorted for you as best they possibly can.

    :)) I wish you a happy christmas and a hopeful, healthy new year.

    Hugs
    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Zech
    That is such good news, and you really deserve after the treatment you have had.
    Why there should be such a difference in consultants is beyond me, surely they all get the same training.
    You must be so proud of yourself.
    Wishing you all the best with whatever they do, I am sure you will be in much less pain.
    Barbara x
    Love
    Barbara
  • speedalong
    speedalong Member Posts: 3,315
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Zech, well done for fighting your corner - this second appointment sounds a lot more promising. So glad you have a plan and that the ortho listened.

    Speedy
    I have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.
  • zechariah
    zechariah Member Posts: 222
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I also have a very very long term plan, I will one day make it to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, not for charity, not to make a
    Point, but, for me!
    http://life-love-pain-laughs.blogspot.com/
  • woodbon
    woodbon Member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi, Really glad you've got a consultant you can talk to, it's horrible to be talked at and made to feel rubbishy.
    Good that you are having treatment too. Doctors are so different in their approach. Makes you wonder why one thinks you'r OK and another finds the problem!!! Good luck and I hope all goes well now. Well done for keeping fighting! Love Suexx
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