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Diagnosed with Sacroiliitis at 24. Said X-Ray looked fine IDTS
Spine Health | Last Active: Nov 14, 2023 | Replies (4)Comment receiving replies
I've not even been told, or given the options of doing bloodwork or anything to see if we can bypass the PT. It's in my records that I've done this before for the same hip/leg and it was unsuccessful. I hate insurance gatekeepers. Why would they make me do more PT knowing it was unsuccessful the last time, which was just under a year ago? It just doesn't make sense to me. I know there's an issue there, but they don't seem to want to do anything except put me through the PT and cause more literal pain. It seems like they're basically waiting for it to be so bad that I can't walk anymore before they'll consider alternative options. The ortho gave me a belt, and it helps sometimes, but if I forget to put it on, it's a bad day. I don't want to be prisoner to a belt or pills to get relief. I'm just so exhausted because of the pain. I want to be able to play with my son when he's older instead of having to tell him "I'm sorry buddy, mommy can't get on the floor and play cars with you because it'll make her hip hurt." I feel like I'm just stuck 😕
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I should also note that, starting when I was about 15, I started having issues with my left knee. It hurt to move it, there's massive fluid build up and that remains to this day. I was given a brace, and PT. Then in 2019 my right knee had pain worse than the left did, I got it looked at, x-ray and MRI I believe, nothing of concern noted. For both knees they just said the patella is misaligned and the cartilage has degraded because of it. I was able to access their Patient Portal last year (I didn't know they had one until then.) I pulled up the images and read the reports for my right knee. The radiologists report mentioned there were signs of osteoarthritis, but the actual doctor never mentioned that to me. If I have it in my knee, wouldn't that make me more susceptible to having it other places? I can't help by feel like the doctors here are prolonging things to get more money in the long run. I live in an area that has an entire section of the city dedicated to medical facilities, there's tons of doctors and specialists but it seems like they give sub par care and skip over things.