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The Cure for Cancer. (the dumbed down version)

One thing I’ve learned with doctors is that in most cases, you have to be very pushy to get them to do more than the bare minimum. I don’t know if it’s because they’re so busy, trying to cram as many patients in one day as possible, or because of the current doctor/insurance/patient relationship. Probably both.
 
I showed up for my appointments today and after paying $1,500 to reach my deductible, I get taken back for the nuclear injections for the bone scan. While walking with the tech, she informs me my MRI was cancelled by my insurance today, but didn't know why. She does the injection and basically we watch how my blood is flowing in my lower abdominal area and hip. You could see the blood in my kidneys and a great outline of my junk. Lol. I have to go back in at 1 PM for the rest of the bone scan and called my insurance to see why they cancelled my MRI last second, without informing me. Basically, I was told that they need one of the insurance doctors to talk my doctor who ordered the MRI about why I need an MRI and then if he/she deems it worthy, I can have the MRI. What a joke. I'm sure this will take another month...
 
Good luck, Archie, with your testing today. I hope they can find out what is wrong and a way to treat it that will take care of the problem.

I have had entirely too much experience with having doctors not listen or seem to care about symptoms that they cannot easily pin to an illness. It is hard to find a doctor who will go the extra mile, who might consider that there is an alternative to what they already know. I can see how being a doctor can make one pretty arrogant, or maybe it is arrogant people that become doctors, but on occasion you find one who likes to solve the mystery instead of believing that they know all there is to know. All you can do is be your own advocate and fight for yourself.

And I totally get why you told your story here before telling other people in your life. I did the same thing. I needed to tell the story, but I also needed to not have people who love me freak out about it right away. So telling a group of people who are not quite strangers but also not emotionally invested in you is therapeutic.
 
Archie Moses said:
I showed up for my appointments today and after paying $1,500 to reach my deductible, I get taken back for the nuclear injections for the bone scan. While walking with the tech, she informs me my MRI was cancelled by my insurance today, but didn't know why. She does the injection and basically we watch how my blood is flowing in my lower abdominal area and hip. You could see the blood in my kidneys and a great outline of my junk. Lol. I have to go back in at 1 PM for the rest of the bone scan and called my insurance to see why they cancelled my MRI last second, without informing me. Basically, I was told that they need one of the insurance doctors to talk my doctor who ordered the MRI about why I need an MRI and then if he/she deems it worthy, I can have the MRI. What a joke. I'm sure this will take another month...
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mate your medical system over there is just ridiculous. Good luck with it all.
 
Archie Moses said:
I showed up for my appointments today and after paying $1,500 to reach my deductible, I get taken back for the nuclear injections for the bone scan. While walking with the tech, she informs me my MRI was cancelled by my insurance today, but didn't know why. She does the injection and basically we watch how my blood is flowing in my lower abdominal area and hip. You could see the blood in my kidneys and a great outline of my junk. Lol. I have to go back in at 1 PM for the rest of the bone scan and called my insurance to see why they cancelled my MRI last second, without informing me. Basically, I was told that they need one of the insurance doctors to talk my doctor who ordered the MRI about why I need an MRI and then if he/she deems it worthy, I can have the MRI. What a joke. I'm sure this will take another month...
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mate your medical system over there is just ridiculous. Good luck with it all.
Rubashov said:
Don't worry the pharmaceutical lobby and the Liberal Party want the same circus for us.
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nah never gonna happen here
 
I didn't hear anything back on Friday so I'm assuming and hoping no news is good news. After the bone scan, I actually felt pretty good and happy for a few hours, almost like it reset my body. As the night went on though, I started to feel really tired and lethargic and very week. I woke up today and felt like I was hit by a train. It was unbelievably hard to get up and every simple task during the day felt like a chore. I've tried to explain it to my gf and we both looked online, but it doesn't say much about side effects of bone scans. I felt super weak and tired around 6 tonight and went to bed to lay down and fell asleep. I woke up about an hour ago, but still feel tired and lethargic and off. Hopefully this feeling is out of my system by tomorrow cause it's been a pretty ****** Saturday.
 
Archie Moses said:
I didn't hear anything back on Friday so I'm assuming and hoping no news is good news. After the bone scan, I actually felt pretty good and happy for a few hours, almost like it reset my body. As the night went on though, I started to feel really tired and lethargic and very week. I woke up today and felt like I was hit by a train. It was unbelievably hard to get up and every simple task during the day felt like a chore. I've tried to explain it to my gf and we both looked online, but it doesn't say much about side effects of bone scans. I felt super weak and tired around 6 tonight and went to bed to lay down and fell asleep. I woke up about an hour ago, but still feel tired and lethargic and off. Hopefully this feeling is out of my system by tomorrow cause it's been a pretty ****** Saturday.
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So sorry to hear all this. When was the bone scan?
 
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