Yesterday in Conversations with my ER doc:
Him: So I see in your chart that the disc problems are chronic. What are you doing for treatment at the pain clinic?
(I tell him.)
Him: I don’t understand. What makes today an “emergency”?
Me: Today I can’t dress myself or go into a standing position on my own. My goal for today is to get back to being barely functional. I’m not asking you to cure me, but my son should not have to help me go to the bathroom.
