I am looking for some advice as i feel I have been fobbed off and don't know what happens now. I am sorry if this ends up being extremely long.
It's been a whole year since I started getting extreme lower back pain. Two of my doctor's disagreed with each other, one said I needed an MRI the other said it was just period pain even though it would flare up when I didn't have my period. It took 11 months of waiting for an MRI to actually get the appointment. I have seen two different specialists who both said they thought it was some type of arthritis. I have had big flare ups where I can't get out of bed I have to call someone to come help me and every step I take I feel my lower back is being crushed. When it's bad I can't even sit on the toilet without pain that causes me to cry as I have never felt pain like it. While I was waiting for my mri I got blood tests and was sent to a physiotherapist. When I was about 7 I was told there was a problem with my leg and knee and it makes me walk with one foot slightly in which does make me trip over a lot. The first specialist I seen said he wasn't happy with me knee or hips so would get that looked at as well as my back. Well the physiotherapist said my leg was straight and disagreed, even though I had jeans on and she couldn't see my knee, she said for some reason I walk with my foot in on purpose not because there's a problem. Anyway she made me do a few exercises and told me she would see me again once I'd had my blood results and mri results.
Well yesterday was my first appointment since my mri results and I thought she was going to go over them with me but instead asked me what they were. I got a letter from the first specialist I had seen saying blood was clear MRI showed just basic wear and tear and that he had arranged treatment for me. Well the physiotherapist wouldn't give me it. Insisted I just keep up with the exercises and gave me new ones. The appointment felt very rushed as I was the last patient of the day. I had to ask so is it some kind of arthritis and she kinda laughed and said no it's just like when ppl get tennis elbow and over stretch a muscle. You are just weak from your lower back down and need to build strength in the muscle's then sent me out the door. I am angry at myself that I didn't say well I need the pills that's been arranged for me by the specialist but it happened so fast and I was out the door. When I have a flare up over the counter painkillers don't work at all so I have nothing if I have a big flare up over Christmas and New year. I don't even know if I have to go back and see the physiotherapist they didn't say. I am now thinking we'll is this it. I don't know what to do now. Does the physiotherapist have the last word over the specialist? Thank you.