
Adrian Coleman, Ireland
I was undergoing physiotherapy to build back the strength in my elbow; however, each time I was in the gym, it was getting worse. Within a few weeks, the area was sore and swollen. After receiving the results from my doctor, I felt that the feedback wasn’t clear, and I wanted more of an answer.
In 2013 I fractured the radial head in my right elbow as a result of a fall onto a hard concrete surface. I had no surgery at the time, but I had the injured arm in a sling for five weeks. I became frustrated when I couldn’t enjoy sports like golf and squash, which I regularly participated in. I have three children, and, as a result of the injury, I was unable to be as active or as involved with them as I would have liked. I became worried about the number of setbacks I was having with my elbow, so I requested and scheduled an MRI scan with my doctor. Even though the original MRI scan did pick up that there were some bone fragments left from the fracture, the report I received was vague. I decided to seek a second medical opinion, and so I consulted a musculoskeletal radiologist at Diagnose.me – Dr Schueller-Weidekamm. I discussed the results of her second opinion with my doctor, including the recommended treatments within the report. I’m awaiting a consultation to book an arthroscopy of the elbow to clean the joint and remove the remaining bone fragments.
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