Today, I thought maybe I should go to my doctor because my hips crack every time I take a step. But she's also my recently ex-boyfriend's mom, so I have to choose between being in constant pain or having my doctor poke at my hips while asking me why I'm no longer dating her son. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had to choose between being in excruciating pain and having a happy significant other by doing housework, or resting my sprained ankle and having my significant other pissed off at me because she thinks I’m milking it. She went to bed two hours ago and I can barely move it. Guess which I chose. FML
Today, while getting a followup to my MRI, my doctor joked that he "had bad news, and more bad news." Apparently my bulging discs were pressing on my spinal column, which was causing my back pain. The other bad news was my hip pain, it's caused by torn cartilage in there. I need to see two different specialists. FML
Today, despite my pain, my mom still refuses to take me to a foot doctor because, "They all have foot fetishes." FML
Today, I went to get checked out for my hip pain that hasn't worsened but isn't going away. When I practiced the stretches the physical therapist wanted me to do, it didn't hurt at all. When I did them much later by myself, it hurt like hell. I described my worst pain at the time as a 4. The pain now is a 6. FML
Today, my fiance's mother asked him how he can be with someone with chronic pain for the rest of his life. She has chronic health problems too, but doesn't see how this is a hypocritical question. FML
Today, despite knowing that I should never trust "Doctor Google" I was doing some research into what I could do about my spinal stenosis and the labral tear. I'm now seriously confused because working on my hip could hurt my back, but focusing just on my back might cause my right side to deteriorate. FML
Today, I realized I've been avoiding a doctor's visit for issues, because it might be less painful to go out that way than to see how much more a crapshoot 2021 would be. FML
Today, I finally sorted out my health insurance and went to the doctor. After seeing my X-rays and confirming I still had scoliosis, he also confirmed arthritis in both hips, 2 exploded discs and that I have "the back of a 50 year-old." I'm 24. FML
Today, I had to go to the hospital. While I was there, my mom started hitting on a doctor. Later I saw them making out in the room next to me. FML
Today, I was given the ultimate ultimatum: either I suffer excruciating stomach pains and remain a hostage to the porcelain whirlpool goddess, or I stop taking pain medication and face the wrath of a raging infection in my jaw. FML
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aly_pinay22 8
The answer is simple...get another doctor!
Bluepies 24
There's not another doctor in your town?
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imagineapc 11
I agree that you should find a new healthcare provider - but I think you should go see a chiropractor or massage therapist. A traditional doctor won't take the time to figure out why you're in pain, whereas a massage therapist spends at least an hour with you. I think the problem is in a joint or a ligament, and all a traditional doctor can do for you is prescribe pain killers. A chiropractor will get the bones back in place, and a massage therapist will loosen up the muscles & ligaments to help keep them in place.
Relenaz 9
Good point. A medical doctor would probably recommend you to a chiropractor for that kind of issue anyway. :)
Eivana 37
Can you not get a new doctor? And even if you did go and see her, that is not the place for her to be talking about things like that.
SkepticalMiss 5
YDI for being dumb enough to not think of changing doctors.
doglover100 29
Time for a new doctor.
Cupcake040 17
I would expect some professionalism from a doctor....if there's another near by go there but honestly if there isn't, if she bring up her son/ your ex just say "it doesn't concern you and its none of your business" ( something along those lines)
KiddNYC1O 22
She'll have you using a cast and crutches just for the hell of it.
kittenmeownyan 18
Surely there's another doctor to see...
ViviMage 40
Call your insurance and ask for a new doc!
squishycat 6
It's none of her business why you're not dating her son anymore.
vladimirnabokov 15
Just tell her it didn't work out? That you decided to part ways mutually? There are many answers you can give her without actually even telling her the real reason. My hips used to pop out of place after I took a bad dive down a flight of stairs. 9 months in physical therapy was not fun. Just go to the doctor.