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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 181512" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Two weeks on the donut ring? I wish... I had more than that (oh, crikey, I sound like that old Monty Python Yorkshire winter sketch, "You were lucky, we had to live in a shoebox and walk ten miles to school barefoot in the snow...").</p><p></p><p>I mentioned on another thread - my GP wanted to see past X-rays, MRIs etc so I dug out three today. That's all I've had done this century. One MRI of brain and spinal chord, one X-ray and one bone scan. And I read the reports - Any arthritis should be minimal, barely observable. It shouldn't be causing this much pain.</p><p></p><p>So it sounds like I may have bone pain back again. Or maybe it never went away, just my padding did.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I had blood tests today, plus more X-rays have been ordered. I will go see my GP after the X-rays, see what she wants to do with me. I feel a referral to a rheumatologist coming on...</p><p></p><p>It's times like this I'm very glad for our socialised health system. Otherwise this could be prohibitively expensive. As it is, so far the investigations have cost me nothing. Although I did get a bill from the last lot of pathology, about $40 I think it was. Some places just won't bulk-bill...</p><p></p><p>Our national medical system is called Medicare. Please be aware, it bears almost no resemblance to anything else you may know, also called Medicare. For future reference I think I should designate it "Australian Medicare". It's a publicly funded government-based all-inclusive health care system. Nobody can be excluded unless they are covered in some other way (as in Workers' Comp). It's the "nobody is excluded" that people like me really, desperately need.</p><p></p><p>At least in trying to find out what is wrong, and to get better, I don't have to worry about mortgaging the house.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 181512, member: 1991"] Two weeks on the donut ring? I wish... I had more than that (oh, crikey, I sound like that old Monty Python Yorkshire winter sketch, "You were lucky, we had to live in a shoebox and walk ten miles to school barefoot in the snow..."). I mentioned on another thread - my GP wanted to see past X-rays, MRIs etc so I dug out three today. That's all I've had done this century. One MRI of brain and spinal chord, one X-ray and one bone scan. And I read the reports - Any arthritis should be minimal, barely observable. It shouldn't be causing this much pain. So it sounds like I may have bone pain back again. Or maybe it never went away, just my padding did. I had blood tests today, plus more X-rays have been ordered. I will go see my GP after the X-rays, see what she wants to do with me. I feel a referral to a rheumatologist coming on... It's times like this I'm very glad for our socialised health system. Otherwise this could be prohibitively expensive. As it is, so far the investigations have cost me nothing. Although I did get a bill from the last lot of pathology, about $40 I think it was. Some places just won't bulk-bill... Our national medical system is called Medicare. Please be aware, it bears almost no resemblance to anything else you may know, also called Medicare. For future reference I think I should designate it "Australian Medicare". It's a publicly funded government-based all-inclusive health care system. Nobody can be excluded unless they are covered in some other way (as in Workers' Comp). It's the "nobody is excluded" that people like me really, desperately need. At least in trying to find out what is wrong, and to get better, I don't have to worry about mortgaging the house. Marg [/QUOTE]
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