Another Unsatisfying Medical Experience

I am consistently being led astray by the medical community. Or I'm being put off on a regular basis... I am still having trouble with my back. Shocking. It's been 12 days and nothing is working, but then again, all I have had done is have drugs thrown at me. It's beyond old now. How long am I supposed to go down this road?

I went to my doctor on Friday, 17 August, was twisted twice like a pretzel and given the muscle relaxant - whatever it was called - and told to put heat on it. Then on Saturday I went to the hospital (not by bus, but by Luis in my car (a strange experience, being a passenger in my own vehicle). The doctor felt around my back a little bit, recommended heat and gave me scripts for percocet and Valium (yikes). More drugs.

Today I called up my doctor and he is away on vacation. He gave the information for a covering doctor at the Montville Medical Associates. I called them and got an appointment for this afternoon. I was ushered into a room, had my vitals checked, then left alone for a bit. Then the doctor came in. She was a young, pleasant woman. She ran her hands down my back in a couple of places, said that there really isn't much to do. I ended up with a script to have an x-ray of my back taken... an x-ray... what the hell for?! An MRI at least would show everything, while an x-ray only shows bones and lung opacities. How is that helpful?

They don't do x-rays there. I have to call a couple of different places and see if they'll take my insurance. Wahoo. Unbelievable.

So this is it, this is the wonder of modern medicine.

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