When I got the notice the other day that the referral to Orthopedics went thru and I had an appointment with a carpal tunnel specialist for Aug 27th I tried to explain to the woman on the phone that Dr Miller had ruled out carpal tunnel. His test (a lot of little needles hooked up to an electrical current) showed that I did not have a significant blockage in my carpal tunnel but she said that's the appointment I had. I emailed my 'attending' asking him what to do and this morning he emailed back and said he'd take care of it. I do not have any blockage in my carpal tunnel and seeing a specialist for that would make us all look like idiots...not to mention charging my insurance company. He didn't use those exact words but he did say there had been a mistake. He was going to resubmit the request for a ortho referral so it's back to waiting. I emailed him right back thanking him for taking the time to do this and telling him that a friend had seen Michael Pelcer, a P.A. in Ortho/sports for a similar problem with great results. Hope Bill can get me in to see him!
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