Parents Post Injury Advice

[xxStumpyxx]

Not giving medical advice. With that said, I agree with other posters, I've never heard of a fracture that was considered healed in 2 weeks, including hairline fractures. Some fractures don't show up in X-rays until a couple weeks into healing process (where show up as white lines). Bones tend to heal very well given appropriate time. Pain may be indication it's not healed. Worst case scenario is turning a minor fracture into a bad one.

We saw a white are that was tiny, it wonder is she did indeed fracture her wrist nearly 9 weeks ago and what was seen on the X-ray was the healing, and as we were not aware of the fracture maybe she aggravated a few weeks ago in he gym and we thought it was a new injury and not an old injury as they did think they saw something back then and dismissed as a possible bone infection that was negative (finally diagnosed a post viral reactive arthritis) she hasn't really been at gym much in the 9 weeks as she was having a break deciding whether she wanted to continue, she came back and injured herself on the second session back. She has had pain/ache on and off through the past 9 weeks.

 

[Faith]

Stumpy, isn't your dd already under consultant care for her existing issues?

If you think the fractures might be related, and with the limited knowledge i have on your dd, it sounds like it could be? I'd get on to her specialist- if she's not currently being seen phoning the consultant secretary and being very nice to them might be quicker than gp.

Like margo said i think you need to take gymnastics out of the equation for a minute and get her seen by someone who knows her and her needs.

 

[ProudDad]

Always shop around a bit for services and never use a hospital for elective outpatient (in the US) or anything you can do somewhere else. Public hospitals MUST accept everyone regardless of ability to pay (happened during Bush I believe) - which is why the ER is always crowded with people who have the sniffles, but no money - they pass those costs on to insurance and consumers who will be responsible about paying their debts...

Our family in NC had 3 MRIs from Nov-Jan through a sports orthodontist specialist that uses a shared mobile MRI and the total billed cost for MRI and Review was $575 each. Insurance covered 90%.

You can also ask your provider what the uninsured cash rate is. Many times if you pay cash it will be 1/3 of insurance filed costs... ACA made the overhead on insurance even worse and just keeps driving up costs - bypassing it can save a small fortune for the average family that needs more than just preventive care.

Sorry about the mini soap box diversion... end rant.

 

[GymDad9.9]

Always shop around a bit for services and never use a hospital for elective outpatient (in the US) or anything you can do somewhere else. Public hospitals MUST accept everyone regardless of ability to pay (happened during Bush I believe) - which is why the ER is always crowded with people who have the sniffles, but no money - they pass those costs on to insurance and consumers who will be responsible about paying their debts...

Our family in NC had 3 MRIs from Nov-Jan through a sports orthodontist specialist that uses a shared mobile MRI and the total billed cost for MRI and Review was $575 each. Insurance covered 90%.

You can also ask your provider what the uninsured cash rate is. Many times if you pay cash it will be 1/3 of insurance filed costs... ACA made the overhead on insurance even worse and just keeps driving up costs - bypassing it can save a small fortune for the average family that needs more than just preventive care.

Sorry about the mini soap box diversion... end rant.

Sports Orthodontist Specialist for MRI's????

 

[Faith]

Always shop around a bit for services and never use a hospital for elective outpatient (in the US) or anything you can do somewhere else.

Our family in NC had 3 MRIs from Nov-Jan through a sports orthodontist specialist that uses a shared mobile MRI and the total billed cost for MRI and Review was $575 each. Insurance covered 90%.

You can also ask your provider what the uninsured cash rate is. Many times if you pay cash it will be 1/3 of insurance filed costs... ACA made the overhead on insurance even worse and just keeps driving up costs - bypassing it can save a small fortune for the average family that needs more than just preventive care.

Sorry about the mini soap box diversion... end rant.

O/p is in the UK if you'd read the thread . NHS being free and all

 

[ProudDad]

O/p is in the UK if you'd read the thread . NHS being free and all

Shopping around for specialist applies in UK if OP wants to go private. That's why I put "(in the US)" about hospitals.

 

[ProudDad]

Sports Orthodontist Specialist for MRI's????

Lol frigging autocorrect. Orthopedic

 

[GymDad9.9]

Lol frigging autocorrect. Orthopedic

If autocorrect was the slightest bit intuitive it would be somewhat useful!

 

[Iwannabemargo]

Shopping around for specialist applies in UK if OP wants to go private. That's why I put "(in the US)" about hospitals.

Not really, the private sector is so small here that unless you live in a huge city ( basically London etc) you have no real choice. Generally the consultant you will see privately will be the same as the NHS one, just get to see them more quickly.

My nearest specialist children's hospital is 175 miles away.

 

[ProudDad]

Yikes, that is a bit of a haul. In any case, my experience is that the prices you found there are in line with private pricing here, with the caveat of doing a bit of up front research as prices can vary tremendously per provider here.