Have I ever mentioned my neighbors here? They are amazing people. The husband is a chiropractor, who did some miracle to Hubby's back before he deployed. His wife is this friendly, sweet person who frequently offers to watch the kiddos if I ever need a break. They have kids to play with the boys and teenagers to babysit them.
They are awesome.
And they have been so great helping us with Hubby's back issue. I've been hearing horrible, horrible things from Hubby about how much pain he is in, so we decided to be proactive about the situation and ask our neighbor, the chiropractor, for help. He is more than willing to help us out when Hubby gets home, and even made a call to get us a lowered price for the MRI (we will have to pay out of pocket... bummer, but way necessary).
As a practice, they are amazing because they listen to their patients and take the steps necessary to find the root of the problem. But as people, they are beyond amazing by helping us find a good deal on the MRI and taking time out of their afternoon off to talk with me (I was headed to their office, but ran into the wife outside our house and she said they were closed for the afternoon).
I just want my husband fixed. And if he can't be fixed, I want to know why. I feel like Navy medical is putting a band-aid on the issue and only treating the symptoms, not the reason... It's like taking your car to the mechanic and having him (or her... gotta be PC and all, right?) replace the light bulbs, the radio, and the starter before doing a simple multimeter test to determine the battery's dead. The Navy's course of action for Hubby is physical therapy, stretching exercises, and pain management.... I can't, for the life of me, figure out why MRI is not an option when he is clearly in a ridiculous amount of pain. As a doctor, wouldn't you want to find the root of the problem?? I mean, if you don't know exactly what's wrong, how do you know what treatment is best?
And that's why I love my neighbors. They are taking a sensible, obvious approach by finding out why Hubby's laid up when he's not on watch. I can't wait for him to get home so we can finally get to the bottom of this. And I'm so, so, so grateful for our neighbors.
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Don't even get me started on the healthcare! My husband has had a hacking cough for a year and half and the corpsman on his boat REFUSED to do anything about it. After much nagging I think they did an x-ray but when it was clear nothing else. He still has the cough. I can't wait till we have insurance through his new job so he can really get it looked at!
SO thankful you have awesome neighbors who are able to help you hubby out with his back! Hope you get some answers soon.
Just to throw a little shout to the chiropractic way! A lot of them also have tons of resources on how to just plain live healthier and drug-free if at all possible. I am glad you're getting some help, but even more so I am proud of anyone who takes their (or their spouse's) health seriously. A lot of people wouldn't pay out-of-pocket to get answers, but just complain about the lack of care. I hope you get those answers and can get a good pain management plan going.
what a blessing that you have some amazing neighbors. I'm so sorry that you are have a crappy experience with Navy med :( I just know from experience you have to be a royal "B" word to get anyone to pay attention to you...and it seems so much harder when you are the actual person in the military..which is so stupid I don't get it. Having Prime remote (cuz we were in the boonies) was a blessing too. I think its awesome that you guys are willing and able to do what you need to do. I think a lot of people wouldn't. My husband actually sent me to a different state to get checked out when the first doctor (who also performed surgery on me but did crap) didn't accomplish jack and didn't explain it well. But seeing as how I just wrote you a freaking book.....good luck!
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