I had a fall when I slipped when fishing I landed on my left side I though I Broke my Hip I went to the doctor and they said no after 6 X rays over 3 Months no change .....Got new doctor after 8 months Hi ordered a MRI and found Half of my left hamstring was ruptured sent to a sergin and he said it is not my problm And sent me to a spine doctor because I have L4 & L5 disks were bulging he said it wouldent help to fix them
LAST YEAR I FELL ON MY LEFT HIP, HAD X-RAYS, THEY SAID NOT BROKEN; I WAS STILL IN PAIN SO I CHANGED DRS. I WENT TO AN ORTHOPEDIST, HE SAID NOT BROKE WILL HEAL IN TIME. THEN GOT A NEW FAMILY DR. HE TOOK MRI OF THE HIP, AND HEAD MRI NO PROBLEMS ON HEAD MRI, NO LESIONS ECT.; HIP SHOWED HALF LEFT HAMSTRING RUPTURED. SET UP CORE BODY PHYSICAL THERAPY AND SENT ME BACK TO ORTHOPEDIST FOR RE-EVALUATION, SAID HE DIDN'T DO THAT KIND OF SURGERY, SO SENT TO ANOTHER ORTHO SURGEON, THIS DOC SAID THAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM AT ALL, IT WAS IN MY SPINE. GOT SENT TO SPINE DR., HE SAID L4 & L5 DISC BULGING, COULD DO THE SURGERY BUT IT WOULDN'T, AND SENT ME TO NEUROLOGIST, HE SAID THAT 1 SISTER AND 3 COUSINS HAD DIED WITH ALS AND MY MOTHER WITH ALHZIEMERS AND DAD WITH BRAIN TUMOR, THAT HE SUSPECTED ALS. HE DID PANEL OF BLOOD TESTS THAT CAME OUT GOOD AND NOW HAS DONE LOWER BODY NERVE ELECTRICAL TESTS, HE HAS NOT RELEASED THE RESULTS TO ME AS OF YET. MY SITUATION HAS GONE FROM TO HARD TO WALK TO CANE ASSIST TO WHEEL CHAIR, LOST ABOUT 40 LBS. IN 14 MOS. STILL NO DIAGNOSIS. DO YOU THINK MY QUEST FOR A DIAGNOSIS PATH IS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE I AM WEAKENING AND WORSENING AS TIME GOES BY WITH NO TREAMENT OR MEDS TO POSSIBLE SLOW THIS DOWN? WHAT DO YOU THINK? CAN YOU ASSISST ME IN THIS MATTER. THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE, JOHN ESTES