#the poor PA could not pronounce spondyloarthropathy

[ramblingandpie]

Got through to rheumatology this morning and the receptionist said she'd send my message to one of the less-swamped doctors. Still haven't gotten a call back.

A co-worker reminded me about the ortho-specific urgent care right near work, and I ended up going there because being in pain sucks. The PA I saw there was really nice, twisted my leg all around and confirmed that yeah something's Not Right in that hip joint, and he and the doctor agreed that regardless of what else could be going on from rheumatology perpective, an MRI was the next step, especially due to the risk of AVN. So. That got ordered.

Unfortunately it was too late in the day to get it today, but he put it in as an urgent order. Allegedly, I'll get a call in the morning when the imaging scheduling opens. I told them I'd go to any location tomorrow that had openings.

Fingers crossed that we can get this solved because pain sucks.