Bad experiences at the Doctors

i had to have a medical for my new health insurance at work. and the doctor stuck a finger up my bottom, and squeezed my testicles to make me cough, then charged me £150 for the privledge.

I definately got the wrong end of the deal.
 
got leg examined by a doc, said it probably wasn't a stress fracture so waved the xray, ran 30 miles in massive pain now have barely been able to walk for 3 weeks and going to be a while before can run again, would a xray been that hard :(
 
I remember when I went to see a doctor when I was not well (cold, sore throat etc). They gave me some prescriptions, so I went and paid £18 for some tablets. I felt robbed, I could have paid £3.50 for some medication from a pharmacy that would do the same trick.

Some people go to see a Doctor like 10+ times every year (I know that my manager is), I've seen a doctor once in the last 10 years LOL.

I wish I didn't have to pay NI and just pay for healthcare when needed.
 
On the rare occaision i feel sick enough to warrant a doctors visit, by the time i get an appointment im usually better :rolleyes: The last time was something like 12 days wait.
 
I've never personally had a bad experience, but my dad was suffering with really bad headaches, dizziness and loss of memory. He was told it was nothing, again and again, and eventually it got so bad that my mum took him to A&E and they were still saying it was nothing, but my mum (god bless her amazing nagging abilities) insisted on them checking it out properly and after a lot of shouting, got him checked out.

Turns out, it was a blood clot in his brain and they had to operate immediately- they said if they'd waited even a few more hours he would've died.
 
Can't say much has happened to me but one of my mates had skating accident, went to thwe doctors several times as if he stepped on his knee the wrong way he'd be crying on the floor in agony.
About a year later after more doctor appointments they actually looked at it and found he'd snapped all but 1 ligaments in his knee..
 
My GP only noticed my deviated septum when I pointed it out to him. That doesn't sound so bad but I had been complaining of breathing problems for years and at least three different doctors had looked up my nose. The deviation was so bad that it was obvious just looking at me and according to my ENT I was living with one side of my nose completely blocked.

I had problems getting anything done at my surgery for a long time because one doctor decided I was a hypochondriac. I saw one doctor who was lovely for the first appointment but when I went back she actually started shouting at me and admitted it was because she'd spoken to the other one. Both of those doctors missed my septum because they were too busy telling me I was imagining everything.

My gran was told by her doctors that she had IBS and angina when she actually had ovarian cancer! It wasn't discovered until the cancer had progressed so far that she was rushed to A&E and given an emergency hystorectomy, then the doctors admitted that the diagnoses several months earlier were BS.
 
Last time i went to the doctors around 3 years ago due to the most painful ear pain that had been ongoing for 3 days.

He told me to sit it out. I asked him if there was anything i could take he just shrugged and told me to go now. He barely even looked at me apart from checking my ear.

Never been back since.
 
OK my mum has something terminal with her liver .. sooner or later it will kill her - it's kind of random when it kills you .. might be 30 years away, maybe 1 year away ..

There is a 50% chance I have it -- hereditary disease.

I went to the doctor to see if I have it (day off work when self employed = days wages lost). Asked doctor just to test for this liver thing. The doctor said after doing tests and awaiting results 'I can tell you if you have NOT got it over the phone, but if you HAVE got it I have to tell you in person'. Fair enough, as it's a pretty big deal if I have it so that's probably why they need face to face.

2 days later the phone rings .. doc needs to see me in person. I obviously get very depressed about this and phone various people, family etc, explaining the deal, talking through ramifications, long chats with the wife, lots of thinking to myself etc.

Get down to the doctors, another day off work wages lost .. 'No you haven't got it, but your collestorol is a little high, just thought I'd let you know.'

AARRRRRGGGGHHHH. Talk about mixed emotions! Thanks doc! Have to go back after recieving bucket loads of sympathy from everyone and say 'um -- I haven't actually got it'. The Doctor never understood what he'd done wrong, but then again, he didn't understand about 40% of the English I spoke :( .
 
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I find the problem with GP's is that if they don’t know what’s wrong with you they are happier to take a stab in the dark than refer you to a specialist.

We took my daughter into be seen as she has some birthmarks which have grown since she was born. We visited the GP 5 times as they were getting bigger and the doctors dismissed it each time - even when one had become infected.

We did our own research and found that a new treatment had been developed. Went to the GP and TOLD them to refer us to hospital. She’s now on a treatment course which has had fantastic results and the specialists were appalled that the Dr's had dismissed the infection.

I think if you're not satisfied with the GP's conclusion you should always push to be referred. I ruptured my cruciate ligament 6 years ago and the GP's i saw at first told me i hadn’t done anything major and to rest it for a bit before playing football again. Lasted 5 minutes before the joint gave way again. Went to see a specialist (private) and he diagnosed the problem without even examining me!
 
this not my story as i tend not to even bother with doctors.

but my old man i think oct 09 collapsed in the bathroom. so we called the ambulance and he got rushed to hospital where he stayed for a day and was sent home with a serious inner ear infection and antibiotics. 2 days later collapsed again so he just went gp whom called the ambulance because he didnt beleive was ear infection so dad ended up in hospital again where they threw him out yet again with same diagnosis. 3rd time our dr actually went with him in the ambulance and threatened the drs at the hospital with negligance and whatnot anyways more test got done turned out he'd had three minor strokes and a collapsed artery in his brain.

so not all gps are bad thankfully.

o and old mans fine full recover just drugs for life.
 
There used to be a Doctor at our local surgery that would always hesitate to prescribe anything, and would always suggest taking Paracetamol. Even if you'd already done that, he'd say take more! Thankfully he's retired now.
 
The worst incident for me (allthough nothing compared to some of the posts above!!)was when I got my jabs to go to India...

The nurse kind of paniced and asked me for my mobile number. I asked what for and she said "I need to check that I gave you the right jabs - and will call you later to let you know" !
 
Rainmaker said:
Hmm... where to start? :p

I had severe pain in my back and felt bloated and sick (and I mean 'omg I'm dying' not 'I'm a little nauseous') ever since I can remember. I was constantly peeing, and it was always dark. Often (every few weeks) it burnt like hell too.

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Did you go back to the old doctor and let him know!
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Mine is not so much gp's but an A&E visit. About 4 years ago I fell off my pushbike on my way to work (no hands and seat snapped off whilst going fast) anyway I instantly knew I had broken my ankle but the pain wasn't too bad, called my mum to pick me up and take me to A&E, but unfortunatly for me the first person to stop and help was a first aider who was very very keen... After ringing 999 she spent the whole time trying to get me in the recovery position (I was ok, but no she new best untill I told her to **** off)

Anyway A&E, I had my leg put in one of those orange boot things got xray'd etc... All good untill nurse came back to tell me it wasn't broken but mabey dislocated... I was then subjected to some pain by a big blond german bloke trying to pull my ankle into place (the SECOND most painfully thing I have experienced!) about three hours later and much gas and air still inA&E a nurse comes over to check my now rather swolen ankle/shin. She undoes the orange boot things straps looks at it and does the boot up again or so I thought, 10 mins later I'm in agonyabd it's getting worse, no one is about to take a look at my ankle (I can't see my ankle as I had a over bed table in the way) my mum turns up and went White as a sheet when she saw my foot an called for a doctor.
The lovely nurse who looked at my ankle had not done all the straps up and my foot was at a 90deg angle to my shin I saw it and puked I have never felt pain like it!

Anyway things disnt get much better a long story short though I had shattered one side of my ankle and broken of and rotated the other side (the lumps on each side I mean) also i had torn all the ligaments and tendonson the sides and front of my ankle and the big one from the shin. I was admitted at 7.30am and got sent for emergency surgury at 9.30pm where I was opperated on for 3.5hrs getting bone fragments removed and lots of metal work put in then spent the next 7days in hospital.

Dislocated... Hmm it too 2 x-rays and 7 diffrent oppinions each getting progressivly worse about what I had actualy done to my ankle. I feel very very lucky I had nothing life threatening wrong with me! Go Harlow hospital.
 
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