Well in my case, Workers Comp rushed to settle my claim, but refused anything that wasn't a full release...almost like they knew that something major was wrong with me and wanted to get out before I realized it. But I digress...

Getting back to my health, I had my initial visit with my new Ortho today. He was a total jerk, no bedside manner at all, but I'm not seeing him for a friendship after all. After jerking my knee around and grilling me interrogation-style (with the help of two interns) he proceeds to tell me, as every other doctor initially says, that he finds it hard to believe that I've been diagnosed with Post Thrombotic Syndrome, Patellar Femoral Syndrome, Grade III Chondromalacia, and then tells me that it's (the PTS) an old person's disease, and I'm too young and fit to have it. I had a fresh set of X rays done today too, and after inspecting them he says that they "support an RSD diagnosis"...crap. I mean how does an x ray help diagnose RSD?

I have an MRI and bone scan pending sometime in the next 2 weeks. I'm kinda iffy on the bone scan, I mean it can't be good to pump you full of radioactive isotopes, can it? (FEEL FREE TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT THIS!!!)

Will keep you guys posted, ALL OF YOU ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST!!

God bless,

Tim