Today I got a voice mail I would NEVER normally expect to receive.
From. A. DOCTOR.
A surgeon, no less!
Dr. Brother of Awesome called me to tell me he'd seen my films, and that a) he thought we could do this initial consult over the phone "to save you having to spend a lot of money to come here to see me." (uhhh yay!) and b) he needed to see more of my pelvis.
Ba-dum-bum.
In actuality he needed a 3-D CT and full x-ray of my pelvis, in his words, "to make sure you have enough bone on the 'socket side' for a hip prosthetic." Well, okay, but you have to buy me dinner first. :)
So - moral of the story here is to whine enough about the cost of traveling to and paying for out-of-pocket medical costs, and you just might get your doc to meet you halfway! (or on the phone.) Downside: now I have to wait to get a CT in BC: slower than molasses in January.
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