By law, we are entitled to ALL of our medical records. If they say there is 30 or 40 pages, demand them. Offer to pay for it if you have to. What they are doing to you is not legal. Also the floroscope is usually coppied to disk, so I think you are getting a whopper. I have gone to a lawyer over this stuff. Threaten if you have to, but you deserve to have all your records, and that the records do indeed reflect what you went through. If there is a descripancy, in the records, seek the hospital administrator and ask why the truth of this matter was not recorded in the records. I am so sorry you have to go through all this. I wish I could help more. I am such a stubborn person, that I ususally will follow through with an issue and get results. Your records are yours, and they have no right to keep any portion of them. ginnie

thanks ginnie, I told them I would pay for them and they have been giving me a hard time, I originally filled out a form to have them emailed to me, b/c they said they can not hand me my own records even if I show ID, they said they could either fax to my dr, which is free or I could fill out a form and have then either mailed or emailed but I would have to pay per page, I told them I wanted them emailed and I would pay per page so I filled out the form and they gave me the number to the copying company, I called them a couple days later and they told me they could not email and I didnt have my mailing address in the spot to send them so i had to go back to the hospital and request them again, which I did and I said just fax them to my dr, the entire record and they said they could fax the entire thing, so thats what I got, 17 pages, Im going to have to go back tomorrow and now wait another 2 weeks to get the rest, but while I was there she did tell me there was no imgaing record, bc I specifically asked for that... this is just getting so frustrating, Im just trying to find out what happened to me... My new dr even told me usually when a mistake is made the doc tells you and tries to help fix the problem he caused, he said when drs do what my old dr did and shun the patient after a mistake thats when they get sued... Also considering when I first met with this surgeon that did the injection I did ask him what % of disability I had and told him my lawyer wanted to know for my lawsuit with the ins. company of the driver that hit me, and right when I said lawyer he got very nasty with me and said if your lawyer wants that he needs to follow protocol and send me a request via fax or mail, and I said ok well Ide like to know for my own knowledge as well and he said tell your lawyer to follow protocol and send me something then, he was just very nasty and that was my first meeting with him, I was seeing a dif dr in the practice for months before that but he doesnt do procedures anymore so told me to schedule with him to get a surgical eval...my worst mistake!

Ok update .... I just argued with the film library and they finally found my fluoroscopy imaging records... so I'm going to pick them up now.... hopefully it shows something!

Something fishy is in dodge. I never had trouble getting my records from either of the hospitals I was in. I stood there, and waited till they could copy them off. This two week BS just sounds weird. This whole mess should not have happened to you. I knew they had records of that floroscopy! What is it he doesn't care for you to know about? good luck ginnie ps they don't need to send your records to your doctor, as you have the right to have them with out a doctors approval. ginnie

I got the fluoroscopy images, its only 2 pictures, Im going to try to upload them on here so maybe someone will know what it is showing... there was no contrast...unless the dark circle is contrast, but I feel that it is bupivacaine, the numbing meds... it doesnt show any dye that i can see that would tell him where the medication is going to go... Also they told me I had to return them in 2 weeks and I requested the rest of my records as well, which will take up to 2 weeks as they can not print them and hand them to me... They have a copying company that does all that for them, all they do is take the request or send them to ur doctor

I spent quite a bit of time looking in google for ventral remodeling of the cervical cord. I didn't find anything on causes, other than a narrowing of the disk space. Nothing on causes, or specifically that an injection can agreviate the condition. Leesa is absolutly the best in research, and may be able to find out more for you. Clearly there is something going ON. In the articles I read, both a CT scan and MRI were recommended. Each one shows a different aspect of the soft and hard tissues in your spine. I will keep looking however, and I will be here for you. I really wish I was smarter at this. ginnie