My babies are happy campers!!

[Laura's Babies]

Thats A Win Win If You Are Covered By Insurance

Thats one of the many benifits I have INSURANCE! Don't know just yet how much (if anything) that this will cost me for that MRI though.. Never had one before. They finally called and it is scheduled for first thing Friday morning. I am to be there at 8am...

This has bugged me this since the middle of April. I faked my way through the whole last trip with that shoulder and nobody noticed. I gave it time to heal on it's own, then tried treating it at home and not using it, nothing worked so it was time to go to the doctor. I tired 2 of their Rx's and it is time to get a better look and see what it is if anything..

[Karen]

MRI's are kind of neat, I have had them done. Here is my handy tip, which I don't know why people don't think to tell you before you go:

No metal on your upper body. Which means, as you are female, a "sports bra" - one with no metal hooks - is what you need to wear. If you do that, and leave your jewelry, watch and rings either at home, or in your purse, then you can A. not have to worry about valuables getting stolen during your MRI, and B. you won't have to change into one of those drafty and oh-so-attractive "hospital gowns."

I had MRIs done of my head, back before and after I had brain surgery, and it's loud, but afterwards I got to see my brain in slices and live to tell about it!

[Kalei]

I'm so glad you are going to get it looked at. I hope they will be able to figure out what it is. One time I did what you did too, my wrist was giving me the most sharp pains all the time and I just hid the pain, finally months later I decided I should go cause it was just getting worse.

And I'm thankful I did because my doctor said any longer and I was close to getting carpeltunnel, luckily she gave me a wrist brace and slowly it got better Now its good...you know what's even funnier? I got it because I worked at Tim Horton's for 2 years stirring coffee

I'll be praying for ya that you'll be able to fix it

[moosmom]

Laura,

I'm sorry you're having all these problems with your shoulder. Pain meds are fine to help the pain. But the it is necessary to find out exactly what the problem is and fix it.

Good luck honey. Keep us posted.

Donna

[phesina]

Dear Laura, I'm sorry about all the pain and trouble you've been having with your shoulder. I'm glad you're going to get this properly diagnosed so it can be properly treated. And I'm glad you'll be hanging around a little longer with us this time.

Most of all, your kitties are glad you'll be hanging around a little longer with them this time!

All the best,

Pat

[Logan]

Karen's advice on the MRI is "right on". Laura, I do hope things will be fine and that you can find the source of your problem and "fix" it soon, without too much intervention.

Keep us posted and good luck tomorrow. I've had an MRI twice and I made it through just fine. I'm sure you will too. I now you didn't even express any concern, so that's even better!!!!

Logan

[krazyaboutkatz]

Laura, I'm sorry to hear about your shoulder and I hope that the MRI will help you know what's going on with it. Hopefully it's nothing serious and will be able to be fixed easily. I'll be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.