Oh boy!
Well - not necessarily "breaking news" because my collar bone isn't broken. There is something going on though.
Pen Pal - God love ya. You've been trying to get me to see a doctor for quite sometime now because I've been complaining about it. The reason I kept putting it off was because it didn't always hurt, it didn't hurt bad enough, I know that the only thing recommended for a collar bone break is rest (unless it's "really broken"), AND I didn't want to give up soccer.
Well, after two years after the fall that caused the pain in the first place, I finally decided to have it x-rayed because the pain was traveling further down my collar bone and into my ribs, neck, and the back of my head. The ortho doc said I should see my family doctor to find out what the underlying cause could be. I knew that first visit wouldn't get too far but the fill-in doctor did give me steroids. Between the visit to the ortho and the FD, the pain was getting worse. Glad I'm on the steroids but I'm only on them for 6 days. In the meantime, I do have an appt. with a PT (recommended by the ortho) and then the next day with a doctor who treats TOS (Thoracic Outlet Syndrome). I think I might have it and thought I could at least rule it out because, based on my experience) they never seem to bother finding out what the cause might be. Just write a script and wait. So I hope by trying this other doctor I might get somewhere.
We'll see.....
Pen Pal - God love ya. You've been trying to get me to see a doctor for quite sometime now because I've been complaining about it. The reason I kept putting it off was because it didn't always hurt, it didn't hurt bad enough, I know that the only thing recommended for a collar bone break is rest (unless it's "really broken"), AND I didn't want to give up soccer.
Well, after two years after the fall that caused the pain in the first place, I finally decided to have it x-rayed because the pain was traveling further down my collar bone and into my ribs, neck, and the back of my head. The ortho doc said I should see my family doctor to find out what the underlying cause could be. I knew that first visit wouldn't get too far but the fill-in doctor did give me steroids. Between the visit to the ortho and the FD, the pain was getting worse. Glad I'm on the steroids but I'm only on them for 6 days. In the meantime, I do have an appt. with a PT (recommended by the ortho) and then the next day with a doctor who treats TOS (Thoracic Outlet Syndrome). I think I might have it and thought I could at least rule it out because, based on my experience) they never seem to bother finding out what the cause might be. Just write a script and wait. So I hope by trying this other doctor I might get somewhere.
We'll see.....
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