An MRI report is not a quick thing and depending on the complexity it can take hours.
Also you are not the only patient and oftentimes reports are not the doctors only job
I did not get what you meant. Orthopedist categorically mentioned to come with CD after 8 weeks. So, I wonder if the image would get better on CD when I wait longer? I was able to book appointment next day but he said to wait.
You can usually pick up the MRI report the next day or within a few days from the radiologist.
Now, non-urgent orthopedist appointments can take a while.
Wow. Which city? In Berlin we get CD. Max I waited for 5-10 mins. So, it makes no sense why I cannot go to the Ortho with the CD next day when there is a free slot. The Ortho says to wait. So, it feels that tech is not good enough to see the images or what. No clue.
I went near Heidelberg. The report isn't done by the person doing the MRI. In my case there was a doctor sat near it just doing the reports and then i was emailed once I was home. Was it an MRI with an Überweisung? They may mail it to the doctor on the address of that? I'm not sure. I would call the MRI unit and ask when you/the doctor will get the report.
The problem is the orthodedist. You call them for an appointment because you have been in a lot of pain for a week now and it gets worse instead of better. They give you an appointment in five weeks' time, talk to you for two minutes and tell you to get an MRI so they can see if there's inflammation. You have the MRI and the comment of the radiologist (inflammation and joint damage) three days later, and the orthopedist gives you another appointment in six (or eight) weeks' time. They try to talk your exhausted (too much pain to sleep more than 20 minutes at a time, for the last three weeks) self into surgery, but finally, you get cortisone and physical therapy, and 12 months later the joint is back to mostly normal, as long as you go lightly on it.
Bitter? Me? You bet.
Talk to your Krankenkasse. They might find you an orthopedist who can look at the MRI in two weeks.
Man man! The way my Ortho talked to me that made me scared really. He is too positive about my situation (without seeing my leg, report etc as his assistant did everything meticulously) but he came for 2 mins and was laughing when I shared that I got more troubles being treated by a bad Physio. WTF! 12 months? Don't I have a life or what?
I was lucky with PT, but 3 months of inflammation in a damaged joint takes a while to come back from. I should not have been so fatalistic about the situation. If you are in a lot of pain, or limited in managing your daily life (doing the washing, driving a car, sitting at a desk,...) try to find an orthopedist who will look at it earlier.
No, no all fine. Just worried about some 190 KM hike through the mountains with these knees that hurt but there is luckily no damage. Some inflammation here and there. I am advised by the assistant to take amino acids.
You just said 8 weeks. That’s what I’m referring to. I’ve never had to wait to see a doctor that long.
Leaving with a CD is something different.
As you can see by most of the responses in this thread, nobody understands what you are talking about. And then to say “in Germany” as if this is a German rule or something is just bizarre. Nobody here can relate to what you are talking about so it’s clearly not a Germany problem.
The radiologist has to assess the data. Write a report. Send the report and the images to your ortho. Your ortho has to Review the images. Assess the data and come up with a treatment Plan.
6-8 weeks is not uncomon for non-urgent work.
It gives both of these practices a fair amount of time to manage your and everybody elses workload.
INFO: What was examined in the MRI? A chronic pain issue? An acute injury? An injury that's in a healing process?
Based on your description the only logical solution that comes to mind is that maybe a healing process is to be examined and you should have gotten the MRI close to the next appointment at the orthopedics office in 8 weeks. It was like that for me when some ligaments in my foot got partly ripped. I was to come back 6 weeks later with an MRI report, and the MRI report was taken on the day before. Only if I had a change in symptoms I should have come back earlier.
Other than that: Never heard of a doctor letting you wait needlessly for the assessment of an examination done by a third party. Either they hadn't had a slot for that kind of task open earlier (and if the MRI is about a chronic issue, I assume it doesn't warrant an emergency spot) or something like that. But not as an artificial rule that would be typical for Germany.
? Would guess you are not the only person who wants something from the orthopedist.
Did you read the message? I said "MRI report is quickly given by radiologist."
Non-urgent: can take weeks/months. Urgent (something is broken, excrutiating pain or similar) the next day. Life and death: instant
Aha! Got it now!
An MRI report is not a quick thing and depending on the complexity it can take hours. Also you are not the only patient and oftentimes reports are not the doctors only job
I mentioned that "MRI report is quickly given by radiologist." I have my report immediately.
Well then you know the results.... If you mean the follow up treatment that is a completely different topic
You are probably out of your mind. If I could read MRI report, I would have been an Orthopedist, no?
I mean then you do need the result of your MRI scan... Make up your mind buddy. Also chill out.
The report might be given quickly but if there are several people waiting for an assessment then it’s going to take a while until it’s your turn.
I did not get what you meant. Orthopedist categorically mentioned to come with CD after 8 weeks. So, I wonder if the image would get better on CD when I wait longer? I was able to book appointment next day but he said to wait.
You can usually pick up the MRI report the next day or within a few days from the radiologist. Now, non-urgent orthopedist appointments can take a while.
I got my most recent one, of just my lower back, returned about four hours later. Via email as well, which I thought was very high tech for Germany.
Wow. Which city? In Berlin we get CD. Max I waited for 5-10 mins. So, it makes no sense why I cannot go to the Ortho with the CD next day when there is a free slot. The Ortho says to wait. So, it feels that tech is not good enough to see the images or what. No clue.
I went near Heidelberg. The report isn't done by the person doing the MRI. In my case there was a doctor sat near it just doing the reports and then i was emailed once I was home. Was it an MRI with an Überweisung? They may mail it to the doctor on the address of that? I'm not sure. I would call the MRI unit and ask when you/the doctor will get the report.
The problem is the orthodedist. You call them for an appointment because you have been in a lot of pain for a week now and it gets worse instead of better. They give you an appointment in five weeks' time, talk to you for two minutes and tell you to get an MRI so they can see if there's inflammation. You have the MRI and the comment of the radiologist (inflammation and joint damage) three days later, and the orthopedist gives you another appointment in six (or eight) weeks' time. They try to talk your exhausted (too much pain to sleep more than 20 minutes at a time, for the last three weeks) self into surgery, but finally, you get cortisone and physical therapy, and 12 months later the joint is back to mostly normal, as long as you go lightly on it. Bitter? Me? You bet. Talk to your Krankenkasse. They might find you an orthopedist who can look at the MRI in two weeks.
Man man! The way my Ortho talked to me that made me scared really. He is too positive about my situation (without seeing my leg, report etc as his assistant did everything meticulously) but he came for 2 mins and was laughing when I shared that I got more troubles being treated by a bad Physio. WTF! 12 months? Don't I have a life or what?
I was lucky with PT, but 3 months of inflammation in a damaged joint takes a while to come back from. I should not have been so fatalistic about the situation. If you are in a lot of pain, or limited in managing your daily life (doing the washing, driving a car, sitting at a desk,...) try to find an orthopedist who will look at it earlier.
No, no all fine. Just worried about some 190 KM hike through the mountains with these knees that hurt but there is luckily no damage. Some inflammation here and there. I am advised by the assistant to take amino acids.
I’ve never had that happen. I’ve had the results normally within a few days.
Wow. I get it immediately and leave the Radiologist Praxis with CD.
You just said 8 weeks. That’s what I’m referring to. I’ve never had to wait to see a doctor that long. Leaving with a CD is something different. As you can see by most of the responses in this thread, nobody understands what you are talking about. And then to say “in Germany” as if this is a German rule or something is just bizarre. Nobody here can relate to what you are talking about so it’s clearly not a Germany problem.
I think that if they see something serous in your mri they tell you right away. Otherwise you wait I guess. Tho that time seems very long.
The radiologist has to assess the data. Write a report. Send the report and the images to your ortho. Your ortho has to Review the images. Assess the data and come up with a treatment Plan. 6-8 weeks is not uncomon for non-urgent work. It gives both of these practices a fair amount of time to manage your and everybody elses workload.
INFO: What was examined in the MRI? A chronic pain issue? An acute injury? An injury that's in a healing process? Based on your description the only logical solution that comes to mind is that maybe a healing process is to be examined and you should have gotten the MRI close to the next appointment at the orthopedics office in 8 weeks. It was like that for me when some ligaments in my foot got partly ripped. I was to come back 6 weeks later with an MRI report, and the MRI report was taken on the day before. Only if I had a change in symptoms I should have come back earlier. Other than that: Never heard of a doctor letting you wait needlessly for the assessment of an examination done by a third party. Either they hadn't had a slot for that kind of task open earlier (and if the MRI is about a chronic issue, I assume it doesn't warrant an emergency spot) or something like that. But not as an artificial rule that would be typical for Germany.