Doctor Update: Still In Limbo

I went to my new doctor with this on my iPad... it definitely got some attention. The nurse practitioner that came in first and asked what was going on, so I handed over my iPad. Her eyes got wide and she told me I was quite prepared, then went on to ask more questions and examine my legs. She quickly discovered that her scrap of paper she brought in for notes wasn't going to cut it, but she squeezed in what she wanted on both sides.

The doctor came in next, said he had been updated on my symptoms and asked for a quick history... it's kind of fun to sum up 20 years of medical problems into a paragraph, but at least he was fully engaged in listening. He asked his own questions, confirmed the lumbar MRI showed nothing, and did his own exam, then said I was a big question mark. He wanted to shoot my hip, said I should be doing physical therapy, and decided to send me to neurology and rheumatology. I told him the last shot into my hip was horrible, and I preferred going to the other doctors before trying physical therapy again. He countered by saying physical therapy is something I should be doing at all times, not necessarily going to a therapist... and added that relying only on physical therapy at this point would be bullshit.

I can't tell you how hard it was not to announce my new idea for a Doctor Royal Rumble; first match, the guy that claimed tight hamstrings, the guy that claimed I needed stronger quads, the lady that wanted a different kind of physical therapy to "even me out", and the guy that just basically said all of those theories are bullshit!

But anyway....
Two new doctors! Basically, he says I have too many conflicting things going on for my problem to be strictly structural, so he wants a neurologist and a rheumatologist in on the game because there's got to be something going on inside that is pretty much negating any help that should have worked already. And I'm "too young to resort to a wheelchair for joint pain and/or arthritis", especially since I lost most of my strength while still keeping my legs active.

I'm calling this one a step forward, and I'm hoping at least one of the new doctors can keep it going!