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Pat had her scan today. They very wisely gave her the time of 12:45, but it was 12:45 for 13:00 (the scan itself was booked for 13:00). This gave us time to constitute the dossier using our Carte Vitale (the card that carries your health service details). We forgot the card from our complementary insurance (mutuelle) so we had to pay the difference and we have a bill to send off for 9,23€.
The dossier complete, we went and waited and a little while afterwards a lady came and called Pat through to the scanning area. She was back within about 10 minutes, then after another little wait she was called through again to get the results. A very pleasant doctor explained (after we'd all shaken hands) that she has a slipped disk, that the treatment nowadays is medical : pain relief and rest, and that she must not lift heavy weights or be too much in the car etc. We came out with the scans, a typed-up report and a cd-rom of the results. I haven't tried the cd-rom yet. I suppose in all we were there about 2 hours.
It's good to have confirmation of what the problem is. Next step is for Pat to see her own doctor and decide what to do.
The dossier complete, we went and waited and a little while afterwards a lady came and called Pat through to the scanning area. She was back within about 10 minutes, then after another little wait she was called through again to get the results. A very pleasant doctor explained (after we'd all shaken hands) that she has a slipped disk, that the treatment nowadays is medical : pain relief and rest, and that she must not lift heavy weights or be too much in the car etc. We came out with the scans, a typed-up report and a cd-rom of the results. I haven't tried the cd-rom yet. I suppose in all we were there about 2 hours.
It's good to have confirmation of what the problem is. Next step is for Pat to see her own doctor and decide what to do.
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