If you have any gait problems with this, perhaps a neuro consult?........sm

• Foot problems, anyone? - Tessie
  • Try drinking 8 glasses of water a day...(SM) - MT1
    • I'd like to know where that doctor went to med school!! Water? Really?!!?!?! - SM
  • If you have any gait problems with this, perhaps a neuro consult?........sm - Cyndiee

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It also took a couple of months to find a surgeon who had heard of it and was willing to do the surgery. As far as being picked up on x-ray, I don't think it was. She had gone to orthopedists, GYN (thinking endometriosis), and I don't know who else before being seen by this neurologist, and it wasn't even a neurologic problem. He just happened to have known about it and made the diagnosis based on clinical observation. First they put her on strict bedrest for 2 weeks to see if it helped, and while it did some good, it was not enough. That is when they went forward with the surgery. The surgery was done outpatient, and she had a resting period of a few days but felt immediate results. There are risks with the surgery as there are with any surgery that have to be weighed also. I don't know if this is how yours is, but they explained the pain as like having cracked ribs constantly. I hope you are able to get a diagnosis quickly, whatever it ends up being. Not knowing can be awful.

to find out how high your insurance is going to leap...she's underage and can't get her own until 18.  Perhaps she can pay the difference, but it's gonna be steep.  And with all her activities, where will she find the time to squeeze in a job?  

In the state we live in you must have a licensed driver over 21 with anyone under 18 who has a learner's  permit for 6 months before they can even take the actual driving test.  Once they got their license then they had to go to a driving class mandated by the state...(under 18 driver's ed at school didn't count)...provided by dept of transportation taught by a police officer in the courthouse and saw a lot of graphic accident films. 

It's scarey out there and at 16 or in some cases even 18 they don't have enough practical knowledge or experience to safely negotiate the freeway or interstates (and don't you think they're not gonna go once you hand them the keys) or steer out of the way of an oncoming wreck or even think about hitting a patch of black ice or hydroplaning.  They're too excited.  

That's where you come in.  Teach her as much as you can before you let her drive.    Cat