Hi Cathy and welcome to NT!

I'm so glad that other members have been able to help you with your number one priority: finding competent medical care. Like you, my doctor told me to accept what had happened, go home and suck it up.

I used to think that most doctors were smart people. Since my injury, I've been shocked to learn that many only entered the medical profession after they were either rejected by village idiot school or discovered that the Spanish Inquisition was over and the market for sadistic, unfeeling torturers had pretty much dried up. lol

When it comes to doctors, don't be afraid to put on your heaviest shoes and crunch a few toes to find the good ones.

Anyway, I admire your "can do" spirit. Anybody who can survive life with a teenage drummer, can survive anything.

Cheers