A year ago I had a stress fracture in my Femoral Neck (the little bone that connects the Femur to the Hip) along with a Labral Tear (the cartilage in the hip joint) and associted Bursitis (swelling of the Bursa, the fluid pockets ((I think)) ).
I had 12 weeks ff work and all was good till recently.
So I went back today and he said it's unlikely to be the stress fracture but i'm having a bone scan on Friday to check. More likely is the Labral Tear which we pretty much ignored hoping it would go away. I also had superficial, localised pain which he said was not the tear and more likely the Bursitis but have an Ultrasound to confirm that.
So if it is the Tear and Bursitis then it means a Cortisone injection for the B...easy but the Labral Tear will require surgery. Keyhole surgery but still 8-12 weeks till I can go back to work. When I dont work I don't get paid. Have no idea how i'm going to afford this
And the bone scan is a problem in itself. Have to have an injection of dye in the morning then go back in a few hours for the scan which takes an hour. I've got an app at 11.40 on Fri and the kids in after school care but they can't guarentee what time the scan will be so I don't know if i'll get back in time. I guess i'll have to ask XH which will cause a **** fight
GL babe i hope its just stress on the bone of muscle, my mum had the same thing for her shoulder n she had the shots etc and ended up requiring surgery and she was in pain etc for weeks i feel sorry for u..
i hope if it comes to this that u can work things out and get some more support from ur xh with ur lil ones..
Thanks hun, I really hope it's just Bursitis...I have no idea how to deal with that much time off work. Aggghhhh and just before Xmas.
I dont even know if I have the surgery if I have to pay for it or if it's free or what? Stupid me only has extras and not hospital cover. If it's free then I have to wait hey??
hon. If I lived closer I'd help you out in a flash. I hope this turns out to be the mildest outcome for you.
If you have the surgery in a public hospital, it will ALL be free. Some hospitals you have to pay to use the phone and/or TV. Your GP will refer you to the relevant department in the hospital (orthopedic) and you will go on a wait list to be seen in outpatients for a consult. After this, they will decide how badly you need the surgery and you will go on a waiting list. Your category (sense of urgency for the surgery) will depend on where in the list you are and therefor how quickly you go in. At least, that's how it works in Vic! But as a public patient in a public hospital, you won't pay anything.
I hope XH helps out with the kids on the day of the scan. or is there a friend who could help out? When you get there, just let them know you have to pick the kids up and see if they can't get you done quicker. We try to help out where we can. Have you called to see if they have any earlier appointments? Or ask to be called in earlier if they have a cancellation. Of course, if it's being done in a public hospital and there is an emergency, that could put your times out. There may be a fee for the scan even if it's in a public hospital. Do you have a Health Care Card? Just call and ask if they will bulk bill the scans.
So a public hosp will make me wait...I can't imagine i'd be that high on the list because i'm not in mega pain...but paying for it would be super exxy right??
I dont know really, everyone has kids or works so it's a cruddy time to do the pick up. He's just going to have to, unless he has something on. I can but ask... When I spoke to the lady on the phone she said 11.40 was the earliest app on Fri and any other day they aren't in ASC so i'd have to pick them up even earlier (2.30). She put me on hold for about 2 mins then came back and said they couldnt' garentee i'd be out in time but I reckon if I hang around and look miserable then they might squeeze me in earlier!!
It's at a Qscan place so not a hosp but she said to call the day before to see if there are cancellations...i'll call every day and bug them lol.
I have a HCC and it's going to be free yay! The only thing i've ever had to pay for is an MRI but wont' have to have one of those again thank goodness.
The fees for private depends on where and who. You could pay a surgeon privately to have it done in a public hospital. So you should only be paying the surgical fees and not for accomodation or theatre time or anesthetics which all have to be paid for privately. It would depend on the surgeon's fees. I couldn't even guess how much. Sorry.
We ar going through something similar with DH at the moment! he has a problem with his shoulder and we are seeing a specialist on thursday to hopfully get a plan of action but it looks like a reconstruction will be the answer hes been off work since august as he is a chef and simply cant chef anymore and hasnt been able to find a job he is physically able to do, as a chef he was always employed as casual staff so he doesnt get paid either.
We have been soley on center link payments since then, we get $1200 ever two weeks, its really tough but its JUST enough....JUST!!!! DH gets sickness allowance and we get parenting payment and family tax A and B and rent assistance. we will have to go public too as we just got married and have no savings!
I hope they can fix you up quickly and the scan doesnt casue too many dramas!
You poor thing. Can you get the kids in a casual day at after school care? I know ours often lets people do that in an emergency.
If you go private it will be exxy- DH had an arthroscopy and some cartilage removal on his knee about 6 ys ago and we had PHI and we were more than 1K out of pocket. I would wait for public if at all possible, the cortisone injection may help for a while anyway.
DH had a similar thing in his shoulder mid way through the year. Had the labral tear, a cyst that needed removing. They weren't sure how bad it would be until they got in there though. Ended up being best case but still needed a cortisone injection which has done wonders and he got that for free. The op though cost us just over 1k out of pocket and we had PHI.
Hope it's all sorted soon and you can get in quickly.
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hon. If I lived closer I'd help you out in a flash. I hope this turns out to be the mildest outcome for you.
hes been off work since august as he is a chef and simply cant chef anymore and hasnt been able to find a job he is physically able to do, as a chef he was always employed as casual staff so he doesnt get paid either.
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