Havasu Doug

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Posted: July 05 2005,1:24 pm |
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| Quote (Bullitt Bob @ July 05 2005,1:14 pm) | | Quote (Havasu Doug @ June 30 2005,6:28 pm) | Thanks everyone for your concern.  I've had back pain for a couple of months.  Even though I've been very careful with it, it's got progressively worse.  I tried to set up a doctor appointment before OP6C-IX, but scheduling problems at work made it difficult.  When I tried to make an appointment on Monday, my doctor sent me to the E.R.  Evidently, there were a couple of clues indicating there was an underlying problem causing the back pain.  They did an EKG, a CAT scan, and a blood test.  My blood had some issues though.  The E.R. doctor suggested I have a Creatine test.  I guess my kidneys have been overworked.  I will set up physical therapy tomorrow and have a bone scan in a few weeks.  That's when they inject radioactive material in you and scan your body.  In my case the material they will use targets bones.  In the meantime, I'm taking muscle relaxers and Vicodin, which seems to help alot.  |
Doug,
I really do hope you begin to feel better soon. I know it sounds like a real chore to have all these tests done, but it's best to find out whats really going on inside and create a game plan to fix it.
I went though similar tests and because of the doctors being able to accurately see what was happening, I'm alive today to talk about it.
You are in my prayers.  |
Thanks Bob. Hopefully it's just muscle spasms and nothing more.
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