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zooscat
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 Posted - 15 Jan 2016 : 08:23:32 AM
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Oh, Pop, your saga about The Appointment is dreadful and hilarious in equal measure! I commend you for keeping your responses polite!
I think you should send it to the Daily Fail FAO Richard Littlejohn: he woul love it and probably give you a regular guest slot on the "You Couldn't Make It Up" column! |
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Pop
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England
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Posted - 17 Jan 2016 : 10:53:08 AM
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Well you do have to laugh .....
Thankfully, most opinion is that it’s not RA, but that its avascular necrosis, which means it’s just the one joint, which is a great relief.
And just for the record, I am most definitely not too young for a replacement, absolutely no way!
I’m certainly not an NHS basher, but these things have happened, and are very frustrating, I keep a spreadsheet of all the incidents which arise from trying to cost cut, but which have entirely the opposite effect, I estimate the cost of the screw ups, and add them, it stands at about £30,000 at the moment, so, just complete waste of money trying to save money.
I have not included the drugs I have to take to deal with the effects of the drugs I have to take and the tests to check potential damage from the drugs I have to take.
I waited 3 months for the appointment for a referral to Hospital A, when I got there the consultant said that she could not help me and that I needed to be referred on to Hospital O. The only medical opinion I was given was “that looks nasty”.
I waited for the appointment to Hospital O and nothing happened, seems that for a period of 4 months, Hospital A and my local surgery had been arguing about who would refer me, and therefore pay, eventually that was sorted.
I got letter thru giving me an ID and password to log on and schedule the appointment, when I logged on, it told me that I could not make an appointment for that department on line and gave me a number to phone, I phone and was told that I could not make an appointment on that number but that they would take my details and write to me with an appointment.
I then got a letter which said that I had not yet arranged an appointment and that I should hurry up otherwise I would forfeit the appointment, then I got a letter with the appointment date, then got a letter telling me to ignore all previous correspondence and that because I had not made the appointment, I had forfeited it. I checked, the appointment was still valid.
I went to the appointment and the doctor had a file with one piece of paper claiming to have my medical history attached, it didn’t, so he sent me away to rearrange the appointment giving him time to get my records. Two days before the rearranged appointment I got a copy letter from him saying that he was referring me back to Hospital A and that since I didn’t have an appointment with him, they should arrange one as soon as possible. I phoned his secretary and said that I did have an appointment, she said no worries, I will cancel it and you wait for the appointment at Hospital A. I did, and then got a letter telling me what a bad person I was because I had failed to keep the appointment …. Hmmmmm
I went to the appointment at Hospital A and it seems that they could not do all the required tests, they did what they could but have had to refer me back to Hospital O for the other tests. I wait …..
So, Hospital A referred me to Hospital O, Hospital O referred me back to Hospital A, and Hospital A have now referred me back to Hospital O.
Interestingly, the doctor from Hospital O commented in his letter that in his opinion the tests would be good, but he felt that they would by no means address the issues.
Arrrrrrhhhhhh, don’t get me started on the stapler story …… I was physically shaking from frustration and disbelief.
Thanks Complete Novice, Maddy was on loan and she came back at the beginning of the Winter, she is keeping Wilz company, which they both love. I will be looking for a new home for her in the Spring I think. She has the most amazing personality and fantastic sense of humour and is so so pretty.
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garnet
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Posted - 17 Jan 2016 : 4:57:56 PM
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| Too many incompetent organisers and not enough proper medical staff! I agree; apart from personal inconvenience, the waste of resources is mind-boggling! Hope you soon get sorted out - long-term illness is no joke. |
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Pasch
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Posted - 17 Jan 2016 : 7:35:23 PM
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Your story sounds like what happens in Italian administrative offices!Where everybody keeps referring you to some other office and when you get there they send you back or tell you you don't have all the documentation needed!On the other hand our NHS is not that bad although it is getting worse in the last years…
Maybe you should have a holiday here and see an Italian doctor 
Seriously hope you get the whole thing sorted asap. |
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complete novice
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Posted - 19 Jan 2016 : 09:18:03 AM
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I'm so pleased Maddy is doing well, it must over three years since you got her though my memory could be playing tricks, that was a heck of a saga but thankfully had a very good outcome. Do you have any pictures?
What a bloody nightmare, surely there must be an ombudsman or someone who would look into it for you though judging by the catalogue of errors probably not. I hope you get somewhere with it soon, most NHS areas have a maximum waiting time if surgery is recommended, I think you must be doing everyone elses waiting too.
Good luck and let us know how things go. |
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heathermcbreen
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Posted - 22 Apr 2016 : 5:09:57 PM
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| Hey Pop, any news... i have two friends in their early 50's both had recent hip replacements and both pretty mobile after only a couple of weeks... and the horse riding one expects to be on his horse after 6 weeks max... good luck with it all... |
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Pop
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England
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Posted - 04 May 2016 : 4:16:28 PM
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Well I just dare not have the op later than April, so I can be sure that I'm fit and able to cope with winter. This means that I plan to do it next year, and the surgeon seems to agree.
Of course its a very big worry because I have some considerable soft tissue damage as well, so a bit concerned about that.
But it means I have to continue having the injections and taking the steroids and all manner of things I hate, and tablets to deal with the affects of the pain killers and so on; it's too depressing to think about, so I just pop the pills, swig the morphine and crack on.
At least its my only bad joint, all the others would make a 21 year old proud: I can put my right foot behind my head on a good day :)
I'm still riding, it seems the only time it doesn't hurt; getting on can make me yelp, and getting off is very undignified and unpleasant, but riding, without spooks, its very comfortable indeed. Although its true to say that I'm not really up for adventure.
I find riding so much easier than walking, so the horses currently double up as motorized wheelchairs.
I have a new puppy. Probably not a wise move, but I got her for Magnet not me really.
Good weather is here at last eh? :) :) :) :) |
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