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Thank you guys so much. It's been another one of those days! So I talked to the doc today and he confirmed the MRI was completely normal. I asked what my options are since it's getting worse. He said injections - I said of what - he said cortisone. Well I had an injection in each hip 2 years ago when I was diagnosed and it lasted for 3 days so that is out.

He initially agreed with the PT and ultrasound since my chiro thinks it could be trochanteric bursitis. Then he called back a few minutes later and I answered crying like a baby and he said I see you had a plain film xray of your hip and it showed a fibroma. Did you have anyone check it? I reminded him that when we spoke a couple of weeks ago that I had the orthopod look at it and he blew me off and acted like I was a hypocondriac.

So, now he didn't want be to have ultrasound until I had a repeat xray of that spot. I thought I had the xray a few weeks ago but it was actually May 4th. So he wanted a new xray to make sure it didn't change and I agreed I would go in tomorrow on my lunch to have it done.

Five minutes later my phone rings again with his office number. This time it is his secretary and she said Dr. Rafal apologizes he knows you've been going back and forth on the phone. But, he wants you to have a bone scan instead. He wants to be sure there is nothing wrong with the bones at all. So next Tuesday I go for the bone scan. I guess I get there at 11 am and they inject me with dye and then I hang out for a couple of hours and go back to have the scan.

I guess this will be it, after this there is nothing else to do except try to learn to live with it and hope I don't end up using a cane again. I had my knee replaced 3 years ago at 39 years old so I could walk and now I can't walk again.

I'm so tired, frustrated, angry, sad, depressed. I'm trying to stay positive but it's getting very hard!

To top this all off I'm driving home from work right after talking to him and I'm heading to the chiropractors office. I get stopped for speeding By the time the cop gets to my window I am sobbing hysterically. He asks for license, registration, proof of insurance. He then says he clocked me doing 70 in a 45 (it was a road that's like a highway but they put this ridiculously low speed limit on it). Of course I have a radar detector - it's going off - but I had the sound off

He asks where I'm going - I sob out the chiropractor that I just got off the phone with my doctor because I'm having alot of medical issues and it's been a bad day. So he says driving like that won't help right? So now he goes to his car - I call the chiro office and speak to the receptionist who I'm friends with. Crying my eyes out - she says don't worry about being late.

Cop comes back and says, I'm giving you a citation, but I'm writing it at the state minimum (1 - 10 miles over the speed limit) and it's an $85.00 fine. But, you have an excellent driving record so I recommend that you go to court and plead good driving record and they will dismiss the ticket and you will pay court costs. If he hadn't written it that way the ticket would have been $225.00 and I wouldn't have been able to claim good driver.

By the time I got to the chiro I was a mess! He said - don't worry I'm here till 6:00, go in the back room and get in the massage chair and cry awhile. So I did then he gave me my adjustment.

I called my regular T last night that I haven't seen since I started hynotherapy (due to money) and set up an appointment for next week - feel like I'm crashing.

Tranquility