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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Originally Posted by Checker
I complained of neck and shoulder pain since 2002.My GP ordered the ct scan
and recently i had the mri.The neurosurgeon told me my neck was not short according
to the mri. I say driving the forklift 8 years prior to 2002 was the cause of my herniatedd
disc.It is now large and I require surgery as I was unaware of the ct scan resuts to
begin with.My GP is one of those no call is good news.I wonder how bad a disc herniation has to be to be considered a call to inform a patient?
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In all likelihood, driving a forklift for 8 years was possibly a contributory factor for the disc herniation. Makes sense to me! As far as informing a patient of MRI findings, I think the prudent thing to have done was to explain why the MRI was necessary in the first place, what symptoms and clinical findings led to ording the study and then upon completion, relating the findings (or non-findings) to whether or not they correlate to you complaints and clinical discoveries.
I just wonder why a CT was ever ordered in the first place as it is old technology for a disc problem and is now reserved more for deliniating bony lesions or other non-soft tissue issues. But there are other reasons, though. Curious...
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