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Neuropathy | Last Active: Nov 23, 2025 | Replies (656)

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How did you get an MRI with a metal plate in your arm?
Are you with concierge now?

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@penn1023 that's the problem.I fell two days before my battery attests were scheduled.I was to have emgs down the right side of my body.So wednesday, they were indo, my arm, and on friday.My leg and then on saturday, the mri with and without contrast, and I go splat ... Everything is on hold again.
And I was starting to get hope somebody was being proactive and looking in other areas. I even had seizure tests. Because I have an avm in my right temporal lobe. You know, just throwing enough darts at the wall? Something might stick, but just increasing my vitamin supplements is not doing it. So tomorrow is my post op. Doctor appointment and see where I go after that. I don't know how long all this takes.
But it's quite a disappointment

@penn1023 yes, i'm with the concierge general practitioner, so basically you pay an annual fee.Just so you can get a doctor's appointment.If you have a cold or a headache, and then you pay like you.Normally would for a doctor it's the most bizarre ridiculous concept i thought this person would be my quarterback for all the specialists, but there's no connecting the dots going on here. And I'm making my own appointments for every kind of specialist after doing research and eliminating things. And by far, no means a doctor but if every month, for 16 months, my blood work clearly shows nutritional deficit, and I eat like crap, but you keep increasing and increasing. And increasing the dosages of all these vitamins and supplements. And yet my levels are remaining the same as if I never took a vitamin. So the next normal question would be is, why is she not absorbing these nutrients. Not just constantly increasing the dosages and you don't need a medical degree to grasp that concept.