It's a shame you're caught in the Canadian health system. In the US we take it for granted that our PCP can order an MRI and we can get one in a reasonable amount of time. How long (and what sort of red tape) does it take to get adequate testing in Canada? A friend of mine in Chatham had his fractured arm set without an Xray since the wait time was so long. He can't bend it past 45 degrees now (but still plays a great game of golf).
Tconner is absolutely correct (in my opinion) with his response. Is there a legal or patient advocate service you can use for direction?
Bob
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04/06 L5/S1 Rupture
05/06 MRI shows DDD @ L2-S1
06/06 Diskectomy/ Laminotomy L5/S1
04/07 Recurrent Disc L5/S1
4 Ortho and 1 Neuro Surgeon, 5 MRIs, 1 EGM, 1 Myleogram & 11 EDIs later:
03/27/09 L4/5 & L5/S1 Maverick disc at Stenum
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