Another visit to Pinderfields

Mark rang to push for an earlier apptn to get the results from the MRI and wonder of wonders we got one for today. His consultant is on holiday so we saw Dr Ram who was his doctor when he was in there and a nice man. The results from the MRI show that the syrinx hasn't got any bigger so that's not causing the problems. He sent us for an X-ray so we went upstairs and had that straight away, had lunch then went down and saw Dr Ram again. The X-ray shows no problems with vertebrae above the fixture and doesn't actually show any problems with the fixture either. Having said that it the X-ray can't show anything when he's actually moving around, which is what causes the problems. Dr Ram can't offer any solution to the problem, other than he agrees it's a positional / postural problem and while we were up at X-Ray he wrote the referral to the Nuero Surgeon in Leeds and another to our local Doctor so he can keep chasing for the apptn.

Dr Ram did tell us today, that it's not uncommon to have a fixture like Mark's taken out if it's causing problems, that's something else no one has mentioned before. So we'll have to wait now and see what the guy in Leeds says. At least we have moved another step forward.

We also got our mortgage issued yesterday, so now it's up to the Solicitors to get the rest sorted. We're also stepping into another huge frustration area, and that's dealing with Social Services to get ramps and wetroom funded. Although we have a meeting organised with the assessor next week, he's already told us it's unlikely we'll get anything within the current system. It can take up to 2 years to get funding through!! So watch this space............