Showing posts with label doctor doctor my ass is on fire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label doctor doctor my ass is on fire. Show all posts

Friday, 19 August 2011

Is There A Doctor In The House?

I'm just back from discussing my weird back problems with a doctor again, because right now all I want to do is claw at my shoulder and gauge out all the tendons, muscles and nerves because it feels like I have an itch way down deep in the flesh and it's not fun. It's worse than pain.

Anyways, the trip to the doctor was pretty uneventful, apart from her giving me a letter to pass on to whoever is unlucky enough to end up as my doctor in Chester. This is that letter:
"XR CERVICAL SPINE
I note my findings on previous imaging. No evidence of bony cervical rib formation. The appearances of the right first and second ribs are felt secondary to an underlying cervical thoracic scoliotic deformity convex to the left, the apex of which is at TI. Given the presentation referral to Orthopeadics could be considered."
WTF does this mean? I can gather that I don't have cervical ribs, I'm deformed(!!) and need to go see some Orthopeadics. I suck at doctor lingo, so anything else is beyond me. Please help.

The doctor did say I may require surgery.

Sunday, 7 August 2011

My Biggest Achievement

So I went to the doctor one day to see what was up with the letter they sent to say they found an abnormality when doing an X-ray of my back. So me and my doctor are sitting wondering what was going on there and he felt my chest (get your mind out of the gutter) and I was like "oh hey, could this be anything to do with my super-flexible shoulders?" And Mr. Doctor was all inquisitive so I showed him how I could lick my elbow and he had never heard that humans aren't meant to be able to be able to do that so he was all "hmm" and tried.

And that was the greatest achievement of my life.