Ok first I am going to give the medical history of my problem and try to educate whoever is reading this based off of what I know through research on the internet and previous doctors (Majors in the army). When i was in A.I.T. in 2007 I tore my Anteriro talofibular ligament while spraining my ankle. This is very common and with enough rest ice and physical therapy it will eventually heel. After 9 months and improper use of a profile and me being hard headed and listening to shitty NCO's making me do shit i shouldnt have done physically, like PT and things my ankle was never normal. After about 8 months and complaining of pain, i had completed three sessions of physical therapy, they finally gave me an MRI. When i initially rolledmy ankle and it was swollen black n blue they just gave me tylenol and a profile and crutches, so this was the first MRI. 8 months later. This is when they found out i had the anterior talofibular ligament torn in my right ankle, i was put in a cast for a month, than the major said i might need surgery but its a big step cutting people open, so we decided it was never going ot be normal but it wasnt pain ful. I decided to resume with no profile. About a year later i deployed to iraq. I left in august and in early september in Kuwait, i rolled it running on rocks. At this time i had on n off pain everyday. I did not tell anyone. I started doing missions in iraq and clearing fields and what not as the pain got worse. In November i complained to the doctor and he literally said take tylenol for 11 months and than get surgery in the rear after the tour, because he needs me on the line(im a 35 m i do source ops and interrogations) I go out with the infantry but im not infantry and i wasnt in his company i was attached, so i told my nco. He than told our chain of command and they thought (OH HES INJURED LETS SWITCH HIM OUT) but didnt take my injury serious. So i went to our PA and he said ok listen lets do physical therapy and take naproxin, celebrex, tylenol, wear a brace. so i did this, come december i was going on leave and asked if i could get a second MRI(The first was in korea 8 months after initial injury nov 1 2007.) so i was authorized an mri in december, i got back late december and i have the mri cd and the typed report from a doctor at ucla. I now have three torn ligaments and a torn peroneal brevis tendon, with fluid in 2 different areas. after igot back they pushed back me seeing the PA because he moved fobs. So i did nothing, still in pain and fighting sleep and being comfortable everyday i kept my mouth shut and patiently asked every week "will i see a doctor soon to go over my MRI" so i finally get to go next week and see the doctor who is a major and his field is physical medicine. I researched this problem and my pain everyday and warmthness in my foot, instability is all coming from the torn ligaments and tendon. Everything i research online says the tendon tore because i have a pre existing injury which makes my ankle loose and unstable. the tendon frayed apart and unlike ligaments needs surgery to repair. The research says the pain will not go away and only get worse if i dont have the tendon surgically repaired. now to my questions
1. What will happened when i see thePA and go over MRI results? (will he make me do more physical therapy and tylenol? make me wear a cast?) even though everyone knows if u tear ur peroneal brevis tendon u can only heel it and make it better by surgery.
2. Do you get sent to the rear for surgery if it is needed?
3. If he tells me i wont have surgery and theyn wont send me home, and i have to finish 6 months of my tour in pain because its not serious, what should i do? is this malpractice?
thanks
Genghis
listen man if you see a good doc they will tell you that surgery is normally the last resort but this surgery you will recover ok from. Yes you need to go back to the rear and get this fixed I personally feel you are stupid for not pushing this harder. I don't know how new you are to the military but you are a replacable asset. from what I got above you have some garbage NCO's and they are not doing there job by looking out for the Soldier. If your PA tells you tylenol and wait you need to go see another doc. if you can find an ER some where close go there you should be able to see a different doc.
Really you need to push this issue because you let them fuck you up and the Army will not have a problem kicking you out on a Medical board and you won't get shit other than some compensation.
And no you can not claim Malpractice on the military sorry.
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