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    Tendonitis and the Cool Bone and Joint Doc Suck

    Went to the doc yesterday about tendonitis and pain in my hip joint so bad I can't sleep.

    Me: Doc, I can't use my hands without sickening pain, and my middle finger curls and locks up. My hip feels like it's coming out of the socket. Puke pain, and I can't sleep because of it. I have to stand on my feet all day. Can you help.

    Doc: Ah, just age, arthritis, tendonitis, and a little carpal tunnel. You're just getting old.

    Me: I can't use my hands.

    Doc: Ah, just age. Hand braces. Cold and hot on the hips and wrists.

    Then the nurses swirled around him because of his wisdom. I left and hurt so bad that I screamed.

    I can play guitar for 10 minutes at a sitting without hurting or straining. I'll be a new man when I can play 11 minutes.

    Thanks, Doc.
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    Re: Tendonitis and the Cool Bone and Joint Doc Suck

    Quote Originally Posted by ch willie View Post
    Went to the doc yesterday about tendonitis and pain in my hip joint so bad I can't sleep.

    Me: Doc, I can't use my hands without sickening pain, and my middle finger curls and locks up. My hip feels like it's coming out of the socket. Puke pain, and I can't sleep because of it. I have to stand on my feet all day. Can you help.

    Doc: Ah, just age, arthritis, tendonitis, and a little carpal tunnel. You're just getting old.

    Me: I can't use my hands.

    Doc: Ah, just age. Hand braces. Cold and hot on the hips and wrists.

    Then the nurses swirled around him because of his wisdom. I left and hurt so bad that I screamed.

    I can play guitar for 10 minutes at a sitting without hurting or straining. I'll be a new man when I can play 11 minutes.

    Thanks, Doc.

    As you know, I dealt with a pretty bad case of tendonitis which was initially diagnosed as carpal.

    It was very bad, I got to the point of freaking out when I thought of the scheduled gigs because my left hand would just fail. In the middle of a song I’d feel like I got an electric shock and my index finger would curl, like in a cramp, no more control.

    I treated it with physiotherapy only. Used braces too but mostly at night, to avoid sleeping with my hand crooked like a crab’s tweezers. Took a few months but I never had the issue anymore, though a mild tendonitis comes and goes. I strongly recommend you see a physical therapist if your doctor didn’t send you to one.
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    Re: Tendonitis and the Cool Bone and Joint Doc Suck

    Quote Originally Posted by ch willie View Post
    Went to the doc yesterday about tendonitis and pain in my hip joint so bad I can't sleep.

    Me: Doc, I can't use my hands without sickening pain, and my middle finger curls and locks up. My hip feels like it's coming out of the socket. Puke pain, and I can't sleep because of it. I have to stand on my feet all day. Can you help.

    Doc: Ah, just age, arthritis, tendonitis, and a little carpal tunnel. You're just getting old.

    Me: I can't use my hands.

    Doc: Ah, just age. Hand braces. Cold and hot on the hips and wrists.

    Then the nurses swirled around him because of his wisdom. I left and hurt so bad that I screamed.

    I can play guitar for 10 minutes at a sitting without hurting or straining. I'll be a new man when I can play 11 minutes.

    Thanks, Doc.
    Was this a specialist or you GP? If it was your GP, you need to see a specialist, if it was a specialist you need to see a different doctor!

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    Re: Tendonitis and the Cool Bone and Joint Doc Suck

    I'm no doctor, but that stuff isn't right, especially if it came on relatively quick.
    Can you get a second opinion?
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    "It is if you don't drop it."
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    Re: Tendonitis and the Cool Bone and Joint Doc Suck

    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    Was this a specialist or you GP? If it was your GP, you need to see a specialist, if it was a specialist you need to see a different doctor!
    Specialist. and yes
    If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison

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    Re: Tendonitis and the Cool Bone and Joint Doc Suck

    Quote Originally Posted by jrgtr42 View Post
    I'm no doctor, but that stuff isn't right, especially if it came on relatively quick.
    Can you get a second opinion?
    I hope my insurance will allow it.
    If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison

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