Oh, God, you guys, this gets better and better!
Dudes. This is beyond ridiculous.
I finally got a call back from the doctor's office today, and spoke with his assistant. She informed me that HIS report said I had a POSSIBLE MENISCUS TEAR. WTF? She then explained that since the MRI was unclear, they put me on the therapy to see if it got any better--if it doesn't, I might have to get another MRI with an injection, and then possibly surgery. Because the MRI was unclear, they didn't want to leap into surgery first (the internet informs me that not all meniscus tears require surgery and can sometimes be rehabilitated through therapy, so this seems logical).
This all makes perfect sense now that someone has explained it to me, but why didn't the Doc tell me that when I saw him on Monday? I'm sure it was a combination of my brain being slow and his being in a rush, but he said NO meniscus tear, which is quite different from POSSIBLE. One of my co-workers suggested that maybe its because its worker's comp and they didn't want me to have that in mind and be like "I never want to work again, give me disability!" But really. Ugh.
Meanwhile, the assistant quizzed me about how/when I had seen the radiologist's MRI report, and I explained that the physical therapist had gone over it with me, because we'd talked about how the Doc had said I didn't have a meniscus tear, and sometimes MRI's can be unclear, lalalala. I hope I didn't get her in some kind of trouble, because she's super nice and helpful. The Doc's assistant also asked if it was feeling any better since I'd started therapy and I was like, "I've only been twice!" I mean...am I magically supposed to be healed somehow?
So...there you go. I guess we'll see what happens when I see him again in a month.
I finally got a call back from the doctor's office today, and spoke with his assistant. She informed me that HIS report said I had a POSSIBLE MENISCUS TEAR. WTF? She then explained that since the MRI was unclear, they put me on the therapy to see if it got any better--if it doesn't, I might have to get another MRI with an injection, and then possibly surgery. Because the MRI was unclear, they didn't want to leap into surgery first (the internet informs me that not all meniscus tears require surgery and can sometimes be rehabilitated through therapy, so this seems logical).
This all makes perfect sense now that someone has explained it to me, but why didn't the Doc tell me that when I saw him on Monday? I'm sure it was a combination of my brain being slow and his being in a rush, but he said NO meniscus tear, which is quite different from POSSIBLE. One of my co-workers suggested that maybe its because its worker's comp and they didn't want me to have that in mind and be like "I never want to work again, give me disability!" But really. Ugh.
Meanwhile, the assistant quizzed me about how/when I had seen the radiologist's MRI report, and I explained that the physical therapist had gone over it with me, because we'd talked about how the Doc had said I didn't have a meniscus tear, and sometimes MRI's can be unclear, lalalala. I hope I didn't get her in some kind of trouble, because she's super nice and helpful. The Doc's assistant also asked if it was feeling any better since I'd started therapy and I was like, "I've only been twice!" I mean...am I magically supposed to be healed somehow?
So...there you go. I guess we'll see what happens when I see him again in a month.