Crappy Canadian Doctors.
Pop goes my knee
- Thread starter I Are Baboon
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Crappy Canadian Doctors.
I had my ACLR May 21st 2008, hamstring graft. I rode my bike today, zero pain, a great ride. My hamstring is about 90%, but that's not surprising considering I am missing two muscles.
A bit of odd trivia - to this day if I point my toes on my reconstructed leg I can't lift my heel to touch my butt, it only goes half way. If I lift my toes the other way I can raise my lower leg all the way up.
You're lucky, it took 3 years for the doc to agree on my surgery; stupid Kaiser.
A bit of odd trivia - to this day if I point my toes on my reconstructed leg I can't lift my heel to touch my butt, it only goes half way. If I lift my toes the other way I can raise my lower leg all the way up.
You're lucky, it took 3 years for the doc to agree on my surgery; stupid Kaiser.
I had Kaiser do my knee, you have to push them to get things done quicker. I was 2 months after my MRI and I pushed it out another 3.I had my ACLR May 21st 2008, hamstring graft. I rode my bike today, zero pain, a great ride. My hamstring is about 90%, but that's not surprising considering I am missing two muscles.
A bit of odd trivia - to this day if I point my toes on my reconstructed leg I can't lift my heel to touch my butt, it only goes half way. If I lift my toes the other way I can raise my lower leg all the way up.
You're lucky, it took 3 years for the doc to agree on my surgery; stupid Kaiser.
They kept insisting that the ACL wasn't torn. I asked to see another doctor (at Kaiser) who said the same, that the repeated spraining of my knee was "psychological and not physiological."
After more than 2 years and a dozen office visits (with $20 co-pay) from repeated sprains they finally agreed to do an MRI and the surgery. Of course once they went in there (earliest appt. was 6 months later) they said the ACL was just a stump floating around in my knee and I have slight arthritis, no doubt from the repeated sprains.
You know, I have yet to see any type of bill or statement from my insurance company from this entire ordeal. Initial doc visit, xray, MRI, ultrasound, two knee immobilizers, crutches, pre-op appointment, surgery, two follow up appointments and 17 physical therapy sessions. Not a thing. You'd think after eight weeks I'd get something in the mail. I am guessing it has something to do with the fact that my employer (where I had the surgery) also owns my insurance company, making the billing seemless. I don't know. I'm curious what this would have cost me. Friggin Toshi.
Actually, I'm curious too.
Can't you poke around in the records and find out? I mean, they're YOUR records afterall.
I bet all the doctors worked for free so they could stick things in your butt during surgery.
hey, for all we know he could have had a bum knee and a bum prostate as well!
