I Need to Vent

For 3 years i fought my former back surgeon to get my MRI on my neck because I knew something was wrong with it and he told me me that it was all in my head and would not get me the MRI! My family doctor ordered an MRI right away because i have some ulnar nerve damage and he needed to know where it came from! Well lo and behold i have a c5 and c6 complete herniation of the discs and c7 is bulging and off to the neurosurgeon i go when I can get the appointment and because of the 3 years wait there maybe no other option other then surgery! I am so pissed off I could spit at the former surgeon who said it was in my head thanks to him and his attitude i am facing a surgery that shouldn't have to happen!

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Spoiledbrat · F

I can relate. I had a pulmonary embolism a few months ago and the doctor at the hospital didn't take me seriously. (I was experiencing severe pain in my chest.) It might have gotten overlooked if it was not for my primary doctor. I could have died. Have you talked to a supervisor?

Paige42986 · 56-60, F

People have been trying to get my former surgeon fired because he is a major alcoholic and some of us think he was drunk when he did our surgeries my first back surgery was in 2001 and he didnt do the spinal fusion like he should have! My good friend who has since passed away had 19 surgeries to fix the one he did! They cant fire him for some reason!