Just to add to the "don't listen to old people" list, I had a bunch of old women I was helping tell me that if I got a stomach ache, I had worms and had to take a pill they had heard about in the back of a magazine. My OWN g-ma told me that to get rid of a migraine, I should go sit out in the sun in 100 degree heat. Neither of those things was reliable, obviously.

I can also say that I understand why you are hesistant to go in and I know MRI's are expensive (with consult, one of mine was $7000.00), but there is not much you can do about it in this sad, sad system. You still have to go. And I still stand by the fact that you should be getting REAL, bonafide health insurance - NOT major medical. Especially in your line of work. And I really, really don't understand why worker's comp wouldn't kick in.

GasMenagerie wrote:
Misinformation: informing FiSHes for 3 years now.