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Mougar's maladies — Brooklynian

Mougar's maladies

MOD
MOD
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
Poor Mougar, stop waking up at 6AM on the weekends!!!!! Seriously, sleeping in is the best part of going out the night before.

Also, yeah get that xray. You've been hurting for months.

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  • mougar
    mougar
    Mamacita wrote: Also, yeah get that xray. You've been hurting for months.
    Check, any ideas on where to go? My insurance is decent for primary and specialist visits, but if I just walk into the ER my co-pay will be pretty high.
  • MOD
    MOD
    well, my doctor is Raffinan on Lincoln and 8th ave. Very close to us. He takes few different insurances. Pretty much the best doctor in brooklyn :-)

    http://www.raff.yourmd.com/
  • mougar
    mougar
    I've been to him before and like him, but didn't know if he would do this sort of thing or had and x-ray
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    DR Geis at Vanderbilt and Plaza st does walk ins.
  • MOD
    MOD
    Not sure, but you can call and check. He has a NYC office too. That might be bigger and have an x-ray machine.
  • mougar
    mougar
    Checked with Raffi, no x-ray and Geis is closed
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    you could, um, look at your insurance's preferred providers on line.
  • mougar
    mougar
    whynot_31 wrote: you could, um, look at your insurance's preferred providers on line.
    The internet, intriguing . . . I may just try that
  • voodoonyc
    voodoonyc
    Who's your regular GP? Normally you would just go to them and they would send you somewhere for an xray.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    VoodooNYC wrote: Who's your regular GP? Normally you would just go to them and they would send you somewhere for an xray.
    That basically means at least 3 trips though. One for the initial visit, a trip to wherever they send you for the xray, then a trip back to the doc to follow-up for the results. If he actually needs something done based on those results, his primary doc will refer him to a specialist, which is yet another trip (and they might repeat the x-ray there).

    Mougar, does your insurance allow you to go to a specialist directly, without a referral from your primary doc? If so, you're best off going directly to a Podiatrist, who might be more likely to have an in-office x-ray. Alternatively, you could see an Orthopedist, who'd be even more likely to have an in-office x-ray, but if you have heel pain without a specific injury that you recall, I'd start with a Podiatrist.
  • christina
    christina
    ...Dr. C has spoken.

    Can we move this to a different thread, I don't want to think about Mougar's heel pain when I daydream about tonight's dinner...
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    Heel spurs! Or planter fasciitis. That will be $5 please.

    You can have orthotics made now and we can make fun of you for years to come.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Anastasia Beaverhausen wrote: Heel spurs! Or planter fasciitis. That will be $5 please.

    You can have orthotics made now and we can make fun of you for years to come.
    The Beave is most likely right. :lol:

    If so, you might not even need an x-ray.
  • mougar
    mougar
    It's not really a great mystery how it happened. I moved into a fifth floor walk up, didn't hire someone to do it for me, and the next day I couldn't walk. I'm guessing I hurt my achilles, but need someone to tell me how badly or if it will just go away on its own.
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    Carnivore wrote:
    The Beave is most likely right.

    I'm having this made into a T-shirt.
  • opossumqueen
    opossumqueen
    If you don't need the referral go somewhere with x-rays in office. I went to Dr. Jules, info below for some achilles tendon stuff. It's not too far and they do x-rays there and the staff was friendly.

    115 Henry St # 1F
    Brooklyn, NY 11201
    (718) 624-8022‎
  • mougar
    mougar
    Naproxen plus referral to a specialist if the swelling doesn't go away.
  • opossumqueen
    opossumqueen
    Hey, if you have insurance, this is what it's for. I realized this the hard way. Now, accident+swelling=trip to the doctor. Even for minor things they can tell you what to do to help it heal faster.
  • mougar
    mougar
    OpossumQueen wrote: If you don't need the referral go somewhere with x-rays in office. I went to Dr. Jules, info below for some achilles tendon stuff. It's not too far and they do x-rays there and the staff was friendly.

    115 Henry St # 1F
    Brooklyn, NY 11201
    (718) 624-8022‎
    Thank you for this, although I was already my GP at that point. It's not a big deal, just frustrating because I like bouncing around.

    And I was able to rule out Bowden's Malady, so that's a relief.
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