15 months, 13 alleged medical professionals plus an unknown number of others, 2 regular MRI's, 1 contrast MRI, a bone density scan, a CT scan. x-rays until I practically glow in the dark, a nerve block test, a nerve induction study, shots directly in the hip joint, 2 rounds of shots in the L5 nerve to finally find out I have a tear in the cartilage and bone spurs in the right hip joint. Now the doc is going to go in and clean this up but I can't put any weight at all on my right leg nor ride my scooters for 4 bloody weeks!! How are you supposed to deal with that? A hip replacement would put me on my feet much sooner! My wife is happy that the cause of all my pain has finally been identified and there's a fix, but I AM NOT A GOOD SICK PERSON and she may change her mind before I'm on my feet again.