Ok Dar,

If I can do it.....so can you.....even though it is different parts of the body....it still is a problem. You know like me thinking the shoulder was "just a bruse" & it was a break......we can talk ourselves into almost anything......xrays tell the truth (whether we like it or not).

You know you might be the lucky one & have it really not be something more serious but you will never know without that dang xray. I was really hoping that the xray would show that nothing was wrong & that the pain would just go away. Like my otrhopedic specialist told me....if the pain continues without getting better for a week then there is something serious going on & needs taken care of......that has been my rule of thumb everysince then & it is true. That was what he told me when my Anterior Cruciate Ligament in my knee was completely gone when he went in for the surgery. Then I tore the meniscus ligament in the other knee......broken finger was obvious cause the finger was crooked......then the fracture in my hip. The hip fracture I went in for xrays immediately but they found nothing because the swelling hid the fracture.....several months later with the pain it was xrayed & bond scaned again to show the fracture......I had continued riding my horse & showing my dogs & living with the pain. Of course there was nothing they could do with that only time healed (1 year).

Please do something & we can exchange stories....ok????,
Debbie