GRRRR. My doctor (OT)

Well. (if I start a post with Well..it means I'm not best pleased.)

It is 5 weeks now since I consulted my doctor about my incisional hernia
from my previous surgery last year and I posted about what a useless
consultation it was from my point of view then, if you remember. The doctor
said he would refer me to the hospital for a repair. Oh well, wait a while
then.
I happened to be off work yesterday, so I phoned up to enquire about the
progress of my referral, since I'd heard nothing from the hospital. I
phoned a couple of times ( and anyone in the UK will know how long it takes
to get through eventually) and was unable to speak to anyone who could tell
me what I wanted to know.
So I went down to the surgery in person. I told the receptionist what I'd
come about and she fetched a nurse. I told the nurse what I'd come about,
and she said she needed to talk to the doctors secretary and would be back.
When she came back she said that the sec said she would do it tomorrow, they
looked on the computer and it just said "to be referred." However he
didn't bother to do it. He didn't tell the secretary to write a letter to
the hospital and so, in theory I would never have got my op.
Apparently it is now going to take at least 4 weeks until the hospital send
me an appointment to see a consultant, and that may be months away after
that.
I told the nurse I was not satisfied with the last consultation I had, I
told her the gist of it, and she agreed.
God only knows when I will eventually be well again. I hope they will not
operate on me in the winter, this will be difficult as I have to cart wood
for my heating.
Scales <have your hernia done>?<get *very* cold> Hmmm. Not sure.

Tweed
P.S. This is not the usual sort of hernia in the groin, this is one that is
poking through the incision I had last year for my ovarian ca. I think it's
my stomach that's popping out (gross, I know, sorry.)
If I was a doctor and a patient came to me with a hernia like that, I would
make damn sure she got seen to a.s.a.p.
Oh, it seems he *forgot.* That's okay then. NOT.
Am I being unreasonable? I feel quite angry about it.
Here's me with half my insides hanging out (well, maybe not exactly but it
*does* need attention) being dramatic here - and my doctor completely forgot
about referring me to hospital to get it sorted out.
I have no idea what would have happened if I hadn't gone down there today.
Well, nothing I suppose. I'd have been waiting to hear from the hospital
for months, and it would never have happened because my GP could not be
arsed to write to them.
Someone (Karen?) asked if he might be on drugs. I wouldn't like to think
so, but he doesn't act like I hope for when I need to see a doctor.
I didn't actually realise how awful my own doctors were until I had to see
an Occupational Health doctor through being off work for my eye ops. She
was brilliant, no comparison in how they are and how she was.

Tweed





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