Lifesabeachafter50

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Have you ever twisted your knee?  It’s a bloody painful affair! 

I know that because even though I have a very high threshold for pain, when I twisted my knee I was in absolute agony.

 For a few days I was constantly in pain and couldn’t put any weight on my knee.  It even hurt when I was asleep and would wake me up in the middle of the night.

 The  pain subsided after a week or so and I thought nothing of it until I tried to run.  Oh how the pain came back again with a vengeance. 

Even the strongest pain killers didn’t help.  This time I thought I am not going to ignore it and neither am I going to suffer.

 I knew that whatever the problem was with my knee was more like a ligament or cartilage problem.

 So I got an MRI scan done pretty quickly.  The report said that I had a torn cartilage, a meniscus tear to be exact. So I was referred to an orthopaedic surgeon.

 A couple of week later, I had an appointment at the orthopaedic clinic. While I was waiting to see a consultant, they sent me to the A&E to get some X rays of my knee. (That’s where I met Elizabeth, the really cheerful and funny Lady described in one of my previous posts).

 Anyway, the surgeon, he said that he didn’t get my actual MRI, he only got the report and obviously he can’t really make a recommendation unless he can see the pictures.

 Then he went on to say it may be quicker to have another MRI than to try and find what happened to the last one.

 I was very annoyed, This whole thing was a waste of time.  Now I have to dedicate more time for another MRI and then wait for the idiots to lose my CD again!

 I was determined to find out what happened to my MRI. So I asked my Dr’s office to give me a copy of  the CD or send it directly to the orthopaedic clinic.  “We didn’t get the CD”  they said “ we only got the report”.   

 I got the phone number for the company who had done the test and contacted them……

“who did you sent my MRI CD to?  Because my GP didn’t get it” I enquired. 

 “oh, it was sent to the hospital”  Anyway, I found out that it was sent to the wrong hospital so I said.

 Well, I had an appointment with a consultant yesterday and he didn’t receive the CD so I now have to have another scan.  It’s a waste of time and money and all because you got it wrong.  Who the hell did you send my CD to anyway?

 What I heard in response was “we never get it wrong” so I shouted, “Well obviously you’ve got it wrong this time!” 

 “Excuse me?”  Said the assistant at the other end.  You said you don’t get it wrong, right?  “No madam, I said we sent it to William Delong!