I called to get into an orthopedic surgeon today, to check out tarsal tunnel further. There happens to be a podiatrist in that same "office", whom I've already seen. When she heard I wanted my care "transferred", she suggested I have an EMG done with a neurologist first. Been there, done that.
She ok'd the transfer but said I do not have tarsal tunnel since the EMG was normal. Sure bugs me, with all the research I've done to the contrary, and the neurologist himself agreeing with my research, that the EMG/nerve conduction study often does NOT find tarsal tunnel. I believe I've read a statistic, or one of my doctors has said the "accuracy rate" is 15-50%. That seems pretty low to me.
So now I wait to see if the orthopedic surgeon will "accept" me as a patient, then get an appt. I will only see him IF he will agree to do an MRI as part of the diagnostic process of tarsal tunnel.
The process wears on...
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