TODAY AT MY THIRD APPOINTMENT, MY CHIROPRACTOR WENT OVER THE MRI REPORT WITH ME. He was kind enough to go get his copy of the report which I had not seen yet. The MRI report was not fully gone over with me by the orthopedic surgeon so I appreciated my Chiropractor doing so and it was a stunner. He gave me a copy of the REPORT.
I was STUNNED with what I heard as the Dr. shared with me the REPORT. The anger started to brew inside me the longer I thought on the FACT that serious information had been withheld from me by the surgeon.
I'll be telephoning the ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON's office and be refreshed as to what the injection the doctor could give me if I wanted to try it to see if it takes care of the pain or not and if it doesn't take care of the pain then I can have HIP REPLACEMENT. I believe the injection is a steroid. I won't be getting it. Steroids soften the cartilage and causes additional problems.
First, I will try Glucosamine Chondroitin before I take the shot in the hip by the Ortho Surgeon. I feel like I was deliberately denied the majority of information the MRI report explained. The surgeon did not tell me I have BONE SPURS on my HIP BONE. Not sure why he kept this from me. He did not tell me I have serious cartilage loss on my right hip, some on the left and something is going on with my pelvic area. I was told my bones were g o o d. Perhaps the bones are good, but there's a serious loss of cartilage I wasn't told about.
The Chiropractic treatments have alleviated much of the pain I am having. I will continue to ice and heat it, walk when I can, use BIO-FREEZE and Ibuprofen. The biggy is WEIGHT LOSS and needing to eat nutritionally dense food and take supplements. With not having a thyroid and taking the thyroid medicine faithfully...I fit into a new category where vitamin deficiencies blow up and cartilage can be loss. I was not told any of this when my thyroid was removed 16 years ago. I was not told what I needed to keep an eye on. I was not told that weight gain would happen and be hellishly difficult to get off of me. I was not told that the risk of diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure would more than likely happen. I wasn't told very much other than I would have to take thyroid hormones once a day. I was not told to avoid soy, dairy and other supplements like iron for 4 hours after taking my medicine on an empty stomach. I was not told that I could develop arthritis and have serious cartilage loss. I was not told I'd battle debilitating fatigue. I was not told to keep a close eye on my vitamin D and B12 levels plus iron. I am stunned.
LORD, if you don't help me...nobody will.
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