GRRRR So frustrating. Just had follow up with Ortho surgeon for my cervical issues. Last appt we talked about Lumbar issues as well. He says not too bad. He sees bulging at C3/4 and 4/5 but 5/6 and 6/7 are worst of it and not that bad. does not rec surgery ! Woohoo. Good news. Then I ask about my lumbar. Last visit he talked about how he would remove hardware and grind down bone spurs. Now he says he would not touch it. WTF ???? Why the sudden change in recommendation ? Had talked Tuesday with PM about SCS (spinal cord stimulator) they said he would have to rec me for it. He says they can do what they want. He will rec it but he will NOT put it in ? WTF makes no sense. It is like he doesn't want to touch me. Like he is afraid of something . SO what the heck is going on ? Any ideas on this ? I need hand understanding his quick turn around. He wouldn't even make a follow up appointment. It was like he didn't want me as a patient all of a sudden. Honestly it was like he was pushing me out of the exam room. Heck he even took a few phone calls during my exam.
I can't figure this out at all. Last appointment he was practically drooling about taking the hardware out and grinding down all the bone spurs, now he doesn't want to touch me. What the heck is going on ? This makes no sense at all to me. It was like suddenly he learned I was a leper or something. I was honest with him, never asked for a script or anything. Told them up front I was under pain management contract etc. So why the extremely sudden turn around ? Any ideas. I have never filed a lawsuit against any doctor so why the change in attitude. I mean he almost denied he even said anything about taking out the hardware. He actually started to until I basically gave him word for word what he said. Then he said I wouldn't touch that.
5:05 PM PT: Hi all want to say thanks for all the advice. It really helps. It just so bewildering to me. Never had a doc treat me like that. Making myself nuts trying to understand that. So back to the drawing board and bad thing is my insurance ends June 30th then it is back to paying deductible again until I hit it. Grrrrrr.