I am a 21 year old male.
For over a year I’ve been having persistent neck stiffness and pain. It doesn’t go away. When I turn my head, it gets worse. In addition to this I also get pressure and weird sensations in my head. I also have complete sexual dysfunction.
I already did an X-ray of my cervical spine, which came back normal. However, my symptoms persist. I did 8 sessions of Physical Therapy, and it didn’t help. I also spoke to a Urologist regarding my sexual dysfunction, and he was of no help.
My doctor told me if the X-ray and Physical Therapy doesn’t help he’ll set me up an MRI.
I recently went back to my doctor and I told him I am interested in getting the MRI. I told him I want it in two areas: My neck and my brain.
He wrote me the script. He warned me that my insurance doesn’t like paying for MRI’s and it has to be authorized.
He told me pick a facility to get the MRI done, let us know which place you’ve chosen, and then we’ll process the authorization.
He told me if it doesn’t get approved, he recommends for me to see a Neurologist and speak to them about my problem and see what they can do. He told me they may want me to see a Neurologist before they give me the approval.
I hope it can get approved. I’ve been doing everything I can to make this pain and these symptoms go away and it’s not working. I want to get the MRI to see if it could reveal something that could be contributing to this.
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[link] [comments]I am a 21 year old male. For over a year I’ve been having persistent neck stiffness and pain. It doesn’t go away. When I turn my head, it gets worse. In addition to this I also get pressure and weird sensations in my head. I also have complete sexual dysfunction. I already did an X-ray of my cervical spine, which came back normal. However, my symptoms persist. I did 8 sessions of Physical Therapy, and it didn’t help. I also spoke to a Urologist regarding my sexual dysfunction, and he was of no help. My doctor told me if the X-ray and Physical Therapy doesn’t help he’ll set me up an MRI. I recently went back to my doctor and I told him I am interested in getting the MRI. I told him I want it in two areas: My neck and my brain. He wrote me the script. He warned me that my insurance doesn’t like paying for MRI’s and it has to be authorized. He told me pick a facility to get the MRI done, let us know which place you’ve chosen, and then we’ll process the authorization. He told me if it doesn’t get approved, he recommends for me to see a Neurologist and speak to them about my problem and see what they can do. He told me they may want me to see a Neurologist before they give me the approval. I hope it can get approved. I’ve been doing everything I can to make this pain and these symptoms go away and it’s not working. I want to get the MRI to see if it could reveal something that could be contributing to this. submitted by /u/Kylechs [link] [comments]Read Morer/HealthInsurance