Bad experiences at the Doctors

I'm having a bit of fun with doctors myself at the moment.

18 months with large abdominal cysts which has made me lose a ton of weight due to the pain. Waited for months to have the op to have them removed, and the doctor told me the next day after the op everything went ok and was looking good and all were removed. However went to a follow up appointment pretty soon after the op because I was still in tons of pain to which my doc says he actually had done nothing in the op and wanted to see if the pain was all in my head and has basically washed his hands of me.

You can guess how I feel about that and what I am going to do next.:rolleyes:
 
Pudney you are not wrong! I couldn't believe that they thought that something so obviously broken was dislocated.

I have a question about morphine actualy, I was 17 at the time and they would only give me a 5mg dose injections at a time due to me being a minor or some rubbish, bare in mind then I was 5ft9 15 stone in pretty good shape yet they insisted on giving me child doses. I have since spoken to other medical people (a pharmacist and a doctor) who had said for the injury and my size 10mg would be the minimum dose.

The gas and air did a much better job than the morphine I was given, so much so I begged for it when I was on the ward but was refused and told the morphine was better (it most definatly wasn't)
 
I was having a lot of trouble with pain caused by the form of contraception I was using, that had caused me to continuously be on my time of month (sorry, boys!). So I went to the doctor, and he had 3 medical students with him in the practice (2 female, one male). He put me in for a smear test right that minute and asked if I wouldn't mind the students being present. So, with my legs in stirrups, I had my hoo-ha on show to 2 men (one being my doctor) and 3 women (one being the nurse to ensure there's no funny business).

I'm aware I could've said no, but a lot of women are pretty concious of that sort of thing, and they had to learn from patient I guess. My mother has a chronic condition and my doctor sends his students around ours to interview her, as my mum is the only one in his practice with her condition. I just hope that my humility awarded them some knowledge :p
 
I hardly ever go to the doctors, the last time I went I had a fish bone stuck in my throat.

Everytime my GF went to the doctor with our kids she was told it should go away by itself so now we don't go if it's minor and if he has a lot of pain go to the hospital.
 
teaboy5 said:
Did you go back to the old doctor and let him know!
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No, he moved surgeries not long afterward. The whole of the practice (five GPs) had each seen me hundreds of times over it though. It just shows you the power of one GPs word, or a badly worded note in your records...

Once one of them brands you, you're ******.

I've had a severe cough for about six months now (I'm asthmatic), producing thick dark green sputum with black flecks in it. It tastes like bleach when I cough and I'm severely short of breath. I've also noticed my breathing is really shallow one way (small in breaths, longer out breaths). My grandma had COPD and she was the same way.

Locum GP's answer? Hayfever. Oh and while I'm in the surgery they may as well stop my long-term pain meds as I apparently don't need them. They can prescribe some anti-psychotics for my "anxiety" and stuff though instead, if I want?........ :confused:

My current 'real' GP had a fit when he got back off holiday and found out and promptly replaced all my pain meds and diagnosed a deep lung infection (basically pneumonia) that I had to take a ton of blue horse pills for. Never underestimate the power of your GP's pen.
 
Rainmaker said:
Locum GP's answer? Hayfever. Oh and while I'm in the surgery they may as well stop my long-term pain meds as I apparently don't need them. They can prescribe some anti-psychotics for my "anxiety" and stuff though instead, if I want?........ :confused:

My current 'real' GP had a fit when he got back off holiday and found out and promptly replaced all my pain meds and diagnosed a deep lung infection (basically pneumonia) that I had to take a ton of blue horse pills for. Never underestimate the power of your GP's pen.
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Yup, I hate doctors in general because I've met one good one out of many many many bad ones.

One complete a-hole basically ruined my life by ruining my years from around 10-25. For various reasons I have severe depression, a large part associated with really bad chronic knee pain but other reasons aswell.

I can't really get treatment for depression and chronic pain because while diagnosed, and proven issues are their from private doctors, I simply can't afford private treatment and I despite referals, and notes, and proof my GP simply ignores it. I've moved GP's twice and their notes simply follow my file around with me.

Looking back, having researched things its clear as day to me, and my parents, and a couple friends who have similar situation what was wrong with me, but as a kid who didn't know what depression was the doctors just ignored me, assumed I was doing badly in school and looking for excuses. Not that the doctors even once asked how I was doing in school, considering I was ahead in every class almost the whole time despite missing months of school every year and I didn't bunk off to cause trouble, go out, drink and be stupid, I was just unable to go to school. Oh well, one bad doctors notes follow you for life in the NHS and frankly they seem to look for any excuse not to treat people, though they'll happily take your appointment and make you feel like crap telling you theres nothing wrong, because every appointment gets them closer to their bonus performance payments.
 
ChroniC said:
.I suppose I would be the same though after 25yrs or something of people coming into my surgery with a cold. Doctors surgeries would be better if people were more aware of themselves or there was such a thing as quick walk in diagnosis centres, before having an appointment.
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Heh you make a decent point, they would also be much more empty if everyone was self-employed and there were less benefits about, but a good value NHS available to all is what we pay our taxes for, and it is certainly what we get.
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
Heh you make a decent point, they would also be much more empty if everyone was self-employed and there were less benefits about, but a good value NHS available to all is what we pay our taxes for, and it is certainly what we get.
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Correct diagnosis would mean FAR fewer repeat appointments, actual treatment, fixing big problems that often prevent people from working and in general many people just in this thread alone having happier and healthier lives all while saving billions a year. I mean the guy whose ankle was screwed, it wasn't that bad to start with if I understand it right, because the people weren't competant he went from a simple and not serious break to a far more serious and painful break that will take longer to treat, more doctors in the surgery, longer recovery, more drugs, more rehab, and more time out of work/school for the guy it happened to, more nurses and doctors to do follow up.

Incompetance is one of the major reasons the NHS spending is spiralling out of control, competant, better trained, more up to date doctors would save billions upon billions a year.

The problem is, these stories aren't just a few, and they aren't uncommon.

I still think the fundamental problem is like in any job, the more frequently you see problems, the easier it is to spot them. GP's often haven't worked in hospitals ACTUALLY treating and really diganosing patients from anything up to 40 years, its not on.

Basically all doctors should be GP's, all working in hospitals but having to do 1 or 2 shifts a week in a "gp" building attached to the hospital, and having a doctor in the GP for various conditions. Someone has ankle pain, they go to the doc who normally works in ortho, someone has a lump, they go to the guy who normally works in the cancer ward, etc, etc.

It means all doctors have up to date practice in doing everything, from stitches to surgery and reading xrays and other things properly.

GP's just aren't good enough, aren't practiced at doing anything but spotting something that might be worse than a cold and passing it up the chain, a receptionist can be trained to spot a cold and pass anything worse to someone else, yet GP's are ridiculously highly paid.

The system isn't working at all.
 
dustiestrat said:
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.
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Thats a good result, thank goodness for your GPs persistence.

There does seem to be a remarkable amount of bad diagnosis or lazy diagnosis. I will however, comment that any visit I've had to a GP (very few actually) have resulted in me getting sorted out. Can't say there's been anything wrong with medical treatment I've recevied.

Anyone can have a bad day, miss something, or get something wrong. Just because they work in healthcare doesn't make them infallible. Not bothering to check in the first place is a very different matter, as is getting it wrong all the time.

Some not so good stories here, hope you all transferred to better GPs, there are plenty of them out there.
 
Only ever been the the doctors once since I've become an adult as my knee was giving me jip.

Doctor: Just goto A&E if it dislocates.

Me: ...ok

Doctor: Do you smoke?

Me: .....nope?

Crazy.
 
ChroniC said:
I have a strong dislike for doctors, as all that i have visited, seem to have a strong contempt for me wasting their precious time,
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This. I hate going to the doctors. The attitude at my local GP is:

Doc = Hello
Me = I have something wrong with me.
Doc asks questions, they sometimes check breathing & heartbeat.
Doc = here's a prescription, take whole course x times a day. byebye.
What happened to sympathetic doctors? :mad:

I've never seen my GP, she's never there or fully booked for a week/fortnight. I've written & complained but it never changes the service I get (which is pants)

Rant over
 
My Doctor is sound. I fell over one day and caught my groin

I didnt feel any pain as I was drunk and then when I sobered up I just took painkillers......

When I ran out of painkillers thats when Agony seeped into my life. I went to see the Doc and he gave me very strong painkillers and sent me to hospital straight away no messing about !

It was nothing serious I just knocked my little soldiers.:D

It was a weird experience having groups of Doctors scrutinising my testicals every few hours but then the painkillers they gave me were quiet strong so I didnt mind too much.

It was good to be wheeled around by the Porter though. I felt like I had my own personal Man servant for the Day.:D
 
Vixen said:
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.
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Hmm, not heard of this but I may have this, possibly in addition to other problems. For a long time I've had problems with and due to my nose and ears. I often just get fobbed off. I haven't been for quite a while now again but I decided last week I need to rearrange an appointment.
 
Rainmaker said:
They can prescribe some anti-psychotics for my "anxiety" and stuff though instead, if I want?........ :confused:
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I have been quite frankly shocked and amazed by the number of uneducated GP's prescribing neuroleptics for anxiety, such medication has a number of fatal side effects and commonly causes neurological damage, they are far more dangerous than the benzodiazepines and even the barbiturates!

When I was at the doctors the other day and the computer system wasn't working, my GP was completely at sea, without the equivalent of wikipedia to tell him what to do he prescribed a non-existent dose of a drug.
 
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I was thinking the same thing as I read it Energize. While I didn't believe antipsychotics were that dangerous (clearly not including Clozapine which it wouldn't have been) they clearly aren't even the right type of medicine for the wrong illness.
 
I think what contributes to it is the fact that doctors these days are brainwashed into believing that every patient will abuse benzodiazepines.
 
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