why did allstate send me a check for my medical bills?
why did allstate send the check to me and not my doctor? i had to go get physical therapy after an accident and i told the therapists to bill allstate.
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grace, i would have it checked out if i were you. the least would be a physical examination and a chest x-ray. good luck. i have been in your shoes & am sorry to say it hasn't gotten better but... what i will tell you is don't waste time. it sounds like you are ahead of the game at least unlike myself. go get that referral to see a neuro asap - no matter what it is believe me it's better to no because my bosy is still trying to fight the unknown. i too, had a total hysterectomy (11/04) except i was exposed to dirty elevator hydraulic fluid which was on the instruments used internally/externally on me during my surgery. since these surgery my body has fallen apart.i no it's a different situation but you sound just like me about work and how you don't have time to be sick. that's more the reason to get it all taken care of now. i never even had one headache until the hysterectomy, then came the infections all over, flu-like symptoms, joint pain, fatigue, tingling in the hands, burry vision, numbness  then came in 2007 (although they said it was missed on the 2005 mri) brain lesions. apparently i had a few in 2005 that they wrote off as being sinus & miragranes, but then they got a little bigger & spread to different areas. at first with the symptoms & brain lesions they were sure it was ms but the spinal tap & mri on my spine showed no lesions so they were unsure. i was treated with a week of iv steriods because the pain & symptoms were so severe though. depending on the weather my symptoms came & went. i finally began seeing doctors at unc only & at john hopkins in maryland. i was hospitalized for the first time in july due to seizures, which i have never had before. i am currently trying to get the right doctor, medicine, diagnosis for that. so ... this is so much more then u wanted to no but no-one seemed to be proving u with any feedback either so i think i would try.go do what you need to do, please! t you have an older dog. arthritis was a reasonable first diagnosis. your vet did the right thing by going with the most likely diagnosis and conservative treatment. 

since the arthritis meds have not helped, that means there may be something else going on. 

you need to make another appointment with your vet and take your dog back. this time, your vet may want to do more expensive testing such as blood work or x rays. 

since dogs can't talk and tell us what is going on with them, sometimes a condition has to be diagnosed by process of elimination. a good vet will start with the most common conditions and be mindful of your budget. it sounds like you have a good vet. you've given the pain meds time to work and are seeing no improvement. that means, you need to go back and be prepared to pay for more expensive testing. 

a couple of weeks ago i took my 12.5 year old boy to the vet because he was favoring his back leg. i figured it was arthritis and best to check it out. the vet agreed and we put him on anti-inflammatory medication. after 4 days on the meds, he was not better and was even worse, feeling lethargic. i took him back and the vet suggested blood work. based on the blood work at that visit, the vet recommended an abdominal x-ray. when that was done, it was determined he had end stage cancer and his body was failing. i don't tell you this to scare you. but merely to illustrate how a good vet works. the first vet visit cost me $24 office visit. the second $245. had it just been arthritis, there was no need to incur the blood work and xray when an office visit and a course of meds would have solved the problem. when that did not work, we knew we needed to look deeper and do additional testing. you should be in contact with your doctor by phone if you are in pain or bleeding. going to the er should be a joint decision, unless you are experiencing extreme uncontrollable pain or other unusual or concerning symptoms. If the payment book is all you need, then call them and get one. would advise an exam by your doctor to be sure. see more... The answer can be complex depending on what your grandmother is willing to do/accept. Does your grand mother have Power of Attorney for his medical care and finances???? Is your grandmother willing to put her health and marriage first?? If not, it gets very complicated.  
  
1)The Area Agency on Aging is in every county in the USA. She can contact them to come out to evaluate your great grand father for his needs. They offer help with various situations. It is based on income level.  
  
2)Having a Power of Attorney (POA) is a necessity to make legal decisions for another persons medical/finance.  
  
3) If your grandmother does not have a POA and your great-grandfather refuses to get one, there is only one way that I know about to help your grandmother, but only if she is willing to be very strong against her father.'  
  
She can take her father to the ER for medical issue. Then she would have to be very strong to say, "I cannot take care of him." What happens, is the state steps in and he would be placed in a facility if it is determined he cannot take care of himself. Many of had to do this, it sounds drastic, but sometimes it is the only solution when the caregiver is having their own health issues to take care of. The hospital will pressure your grandmother so she will have to stand her ground.   
  
Maybe someone else will have more to offer you than I do. Good luck, and I hope something can be done. both treat patients.

pt's evaluate and decide what needs to be done during treatment as well as establish a prognosis. 

once seen by the pt, a pta can perform treatments and can, in some circumstances adapt elements to the program as long as it is consistent with the plan established by the pt. however, this varies from state to state as to how much a pta can adapt a program...in some states, a pta can't even progress someone on a weight machine without approval of the pt. 

salary of a pt can be anywhere between 50-100% higher than a pta.

the amount of patients might be the same...however, sometimes pta might get more patients because they might be doubled during some treatments while a pt might be having more evaluations to do (which are one on one). a pt will certainly have more responsibility for paperwork. 

pta programs are usually housed a community colleges and you can get a complete list of both pt and pta programs in the us from www.apta.org. if you have had problems with excessive bleeding this may be related. obviously you must be seeing a doctor and you should address this question to the person ordering your tests. good luck. see more... you would need to tell me what medication you were given and what the gynae thought the cause for the irregular periods was.<br/>best wishes