Lisa went in for an MRI the other day. Getting her in for the MRI itself was difficult enough: because the drunk driver that hit her didn't have car insurance (though he was driving a late-model Bimmer), we're on the hook for all of her medical expenses.
The morning of the procedure, she nearly backed out. "I don't think we have the money to pay for this procedure," and "I don't want to have to lie there for an hour, it's going to be so boring." Nevermind that the night before, she could barely walk, and is regularly popping percocet to manage the pain.
What frustrates me is that Lisa is not willing to go through and get an examination done because she's worried about the cost. I don't give a damn about the cost. Cost means very little to me right now because I am seriously concerned about how much Lisa is hurting. It's NOT NORMAL to constantly be in pain, to worry about being able to walk more than one block, and to have to take a pill to function. The most common refrain out of her mouth is, "my back is killing me."
No surprise I jumped all over Lisa when she considered not going in for the MRI. We now are waiting on results of the scan. The technicians told her that she would be getting the results within a few days. Every time I get home from work and see her smiling at me, the first thought that comes to mind is: "did we find out anything about Lisa's back today?"
Nothing yet today on any results. Frankly, will we even see anything? She had an MRI done in the E.R. the night of the accident. Lisa was unable to feel her pelvis, legs and feet for several hours after the collision. We all thought she was going to be paralyzed. The initial scan that day came back with no obvious broken bones or soft-tissue damage (I don't know if the E.R. staff were looking for soft-tissue damage, the thing that I remember most is that they all were saying that there were no apparent broken bones).
The scan on Monday I hope can give us some results on what, if any, issues Lisa is continuing to have. It's not thrilling to see Lisa in pain, and concerning she is still on percocet.
On my side of things: I'm still recovering from my hip arthroscopy. The surgery kicked my butt, and the recovery has been difficult. I was supposed to be off crutches two weeks ago. Still not off them. Have a doctor appointment in the afternoon and am afraid that he'll yank away the crutches from me. I'm on percocet every day as well.
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Hey Adam. I'm glad you forced Lisa to go in. In the case of back problems it’s always better to be safe than sorry. I hope you find that you can treat her injury.
ReplyDeleteI know you may not believe it but things will get better for you. I really believe that you should get some money from the idiot even if you have to sue his entire family.
As far as you are concerned, if the Dr. tells you to do physical therapy, DO IT! I've had family members who thought all that stretching and exercise was a bunch of bull and would not help at all, yet after they did the work for awhile, WOW amazing results. I have read that having better muscle tone and strength makes it harder to injure yourself too/ Since I know how accident prone you are (even without car accidents thrown in) that can’t be a bed thing. :-)
We've gotta do lunch soon to catch up.
Amy