Since you asked people to review the letter I'll do just that.
Having read the entire letter, the only thing I would point out is the unnecessary melodramatics. From what I understand you're trying to highlight the 'faults' that were made whilst you were being treated and hopefully achieve a remedy to the mistakes. Right now it sounds a little too "poor-me" and in parts rather facetious, particularly with lines such as "considering it's modern day England it's scarily reminiscent of the prospect of surgery in the Victorian era".
If it were me, I'd simply lay out the course of events and then explain why you were disappointed with the service, finishing by asking what can be done to resolve the situation.
Good luck!
Thank you, I had already taken some of that out, I tend to get a little carried away when writing letters of complaint, you should see the one I wrote to moonpig! I think part of it is trying to add a little humour though, but given the subject matter I'd probably be better off without it.
So you illegally self-medicate for your anxiety AND take all the drugs your doctor gives you for the same thing because he doesn't know you're medicating yourself?
And this has been going on for years.
But you don't have any dependency on drugs, no?
And you wonder why you just can't shake that anxiety?
Open your eyes mate.
Don't have generalised anxiety problems any more like I used to, just specific situations, and panic attacks happening due to traumas like a crash are normal as the A&E doctor said. I'm prescribed too little of any one particular anxiety medication to become addicted to it either, I use them for sleep now with my doctors knowledge. I just have social anxiety, which doesn't respond to those meds anyway.
Maybe you should talk to the Doctor about the illegal drug use. It's a random thought as I have no qualification to offer drug advice but perhaps there is something you ought to address that isn't about not getting enough drugs for whiplash.
In any case I am not sure what your letter would achieve.
I've never used opioids like that and would prefer not to use them at all because they are so addictive, same as nearly everyone else who is prescribed them for pain. If I drank alcohol instead on occasion which is a legal drug would you suggest that I was asking for opioids for abuse purposes or is that different somehow because of an arbitrary legal classification?
As to your question the letter would achieve a better quality of care for other patients in my situation, ie severe pain due to acute muscular skeletal injuries.
Hmm angry they dont resort to the super strong stuff because you tell them you are sore.
Should severe pain not be treated then? Let's send those cancer patients home with paracetamol and codeine yeah!
How long have you been taking the medication for?
Since, the car crash, nearly 3 weeks.
What about acupuncture? Have you tried that to help relieve you of pain etc? Failing that, what about a visit to A&E and complain about how much pain you are in.
Physio suggested it, but questionable efficacy, risks and I don't like needles!
Pain is episodic, by the time I got to see a doctor it may have stopped. And it is a waste of resources for A&E do be doing that, that's what GP's are supposed to be for.
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