Originally Posted by gear

I finally found out a month ago that the knee pain I have been experiencing is from arthritis. It took a month to get through the prescreen from my primary care physician (a waste of time but required by insurance company) and through the initial meet and greet with the specialist, the MRI and the conclusion (of MRI) meeting with suggested form of treatment also by the specialist. Since then I've been waiting a month to have the insurance company tell me what they think I should do for treatment. The specialist poo-pooed cortisone shots in favor of something called euflexia, the insurance company wants to see if the cortisone shots will work first before springing for the euflexia. So I'm at the two month point in this and I am starting cortisone shots today. My hope is to have some sort of progress by the end of spring. Ah the joys of corporate-healthcare.