Yeah, it doesn't look right does it?

The problem is I don't have a spine doctor. I haven't had a back problem since those bone grafts 36 years ago. Even when the CT showed a spondylolisthesis at L3-L4 a couple of years ago, it didn't hurt so I never saw anyone about it.

It takes months to get an appointment to see a neurosurgeon or orthopaedic surgeon where I live. In the meantime I just have to wait and see what the MRI says. I would much prefer to have a plain erect X-ray. I rang the Radiology Clinic to book an appointment and they won't accept a referral from a GP, only a specialist. Some clinics will accept them but the nearest one is over 50 kilometres away and I can't drive and have no one else to drive me.

I'm going to ask my physician to rewrite the MRI referral when I go into hospital next week and hopefully I can get it done while I'm an inpatient. (He might even just order an X-ray).

I don't want to sound like a drama queen but having had a history of cancer and having had chemo which in itself causes cancer, I just have this little niggle at the back of my mind that I might be in a spot of bother.