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Old 10-08-2009, 10:42 AM
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Ok Steve that's looking pretty darn ugly now to my untrained eye. MUCH different than the original x-ray you showed me in the hospital (top left pic) which looked really good at the time. IMHO that need surgery. When is the next x-ray going to be taken?
Tell me about it!

The next X-ray is Nov 5th and I think that is crazy!

I called my PCP and I'm looking for a referral. They are getting back to me.

Here's the real kick. There was a radiology report with the X-ray it says " Unexpected Finding: Left mid clavicular fracture now displaced and angulated significantly."

What does that tell you? Tells me it should not be like this...


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Old 10-08-2009, 11:14 AM
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You have to remember something, to a lot of these docs, the old school non-surgical approach is acceptable, even for severe cases (like mine) because thats the way they were taught, its not their shoulder, and they are not riders . There are reports of studies in medical journals now that conclude plating is the prefered treatment for displaced fractures. Plating clavicles is relatively new, and the Ti clavicle specific hardware is very new(they started with stainless steel pelvic repair plates that had to be bent to shape), so unless the doc is on top of his continuing education and experience, you get old school. A lot of these guys have no business marketing "Sports Medicine" because all they do is discourage you from risky activities and make no extra effort to get you back in the game the way you were. The bread and butter of these guys seems to be in replacing trashed hips and knees in old people, common, accepted procedures insurance pays for, and the patients are almost certainly to be happy with compared to what they had.
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Old 10-08-2009, 02:20 PM
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Boy Steve, that looks painful! What are the Doc's waiting around for? From what GMP stated, Ti plating makes sense to me. I wish U a full recovery man. Sorry U have to go thru all of this.
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Old 10-08-2009, 02:50 PM
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I got my answer from Dr. Mark. He said to come down and visit him next week.

Now to find out if I can get ready...
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Old 10-18-2009, 02:37 PM
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Well, I'm still working on getting to Texas. My PCP wants me to see a specialist and let them refer me to TX. I guess it has better weight if it is done like that. Got me. I do have full motion of my shoulder. OT is a little shocked I can move it that much. Same here.

I got a nice bill from the Woodsville ambulance service. Over 500 bucks! I tried to submitting it but that was a no go. I guess I would rather pay for this then the Helicopter ride. I wonder if I can deduct the riding equipment they cut off me...
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Old 10-19-2009, 11:01 AM
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That sucks Steve. Referals are a PIA. I never had a doc that was eager to give a referal, I'm glad my insurance does not require them. Good luck. Yeah, ambulance rides can be pricey. My little adventure in PA when I got impaled cost me a lot more than that for a ride to the hospital. The thought of paying for a chopper ride motivated me to ride most of the way out.

Some real expensive bills are for low level flights of diving accident victims requiring re-compression treatment.
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Old 10-19-2009, 06:03 PM
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I would have road out if I was with it.

I found out that the coding was wrong on the paper that was sent to the insurance. Now I need to get the ambulance service to re-send the correct code. Insurance said they would cover it but I think I still have a deductible of $500. I also found out what the bill for the helicopter "ride" was. Try $13,800! Thank God for insurance!

My wife just told me the hospital bill was over $32K WOW!

32K+14K+500=$46,500 And that doesn't cover the OT and my PCP visits which is around $120 and growing. All for a still screwed up collarbone...this sucks!
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Somewhere someone is making some serious money. It's like play money or Monopoly money. Crazy!!
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Is not happy...I'll post later. Is it to early to start drinking?
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So where to begin… I saw the “specialist” and he said that because of the amount of time that has past, he would not do surgery. The X-ray’s he says show that the bones are starting to come together and that’s why he would not to do it. He said I had an 80% chance of everything coming out all right. Umm...what about the other 20%? He said surgery would require a bone graft and that takes longer to heal. I then asked him what he would do if it was his kid. He said nothing…now. I pushed the issue and he said he would like to see me in 4-6 weeks. Great…the run around begins again. Time wasting away…



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