I finally got to see the surgeon today!
After waiting for about 5 months to get through the insurance referral system I was there. I felt as giddy as a freshman on their first day of college.
The location of the doctors office was in close proximity to my home. I like to see doctors as close to my home as possible but that's not always reasonable. Besides, the University of Washington has the best medical program the city of Seattle has to offer. Their office feels like a spa rather than another doctors office. The staff was friendly. And the visit went very quickly.
UW is a teaching hospital so there is always a "team" of people around. Each medical staff seems to be equipped with an assistant. I was ok with that. I was immediately given a referral for an MRI which I will have next month.
Dr D said he only performs major surgeries and I only need a key-hole arthroscopy. He has just the person to send me to. And, he acknowledges that PVNS is far more prevalent than the silly 1.8 in 1 million outdated statistic.
I've got my MRI scheduled for next month which is the next step. Dr D said he does not do keyhole arthroscopy but he refers people "all of the time" to someone else on his team. Only when you have PVNS do you get excited about surgery.
