SteveD Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 went to the doctors yesterday , been suffering from headaches quite a bit recently and a few other things anyway i go into docs tell him whats gone on and whats going on etc , his reply was well i can sign you off work for a month if you like ......I'm confused my reply is i dont want to be signed off work i want to find out whats up with me and get better and i work for myself so whats the point in signing me off signing me off will not make me better ,we have a few words and i leave this country has really gone down hill in every respect ,its rotten from the ground up ,the goverment or whoever really needs to get a grip of things ,get rid of all imigrants and travellers send them all home then concentrate on the rest of us and start again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E. Coyote Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Sad fact is that a sick note is what a lot of patients go in for, Steve. Given what you've been through recently, I hope he/she agreed to look into it in more detail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 If not for Gods sake get back and see another one pronto Steve - with your history, they shouldn't be pratting round. Though I'm afraid Chris is right, a sick note seems to be what many are after these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.anson Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Steve, sod the GP get yer ass to A&E and tell yer past history and tell em you want a proper check over. And no disrespect mate but you posed in techie talk at 5:30am. Perhaps your over doing it a bit at work getting up at that time and doing a full day at the unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2rrr Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Steve, Please don't give up, get yourself to a doctor who will listen. This has been at least your third episode and it needs sorting. It may be something as simple as prescribing common medicine or having a break. We discussed your local hospital last time we spoke and it has a history of poor service but as everyone is saying get yourself to another A&E. Once yer ECU's goosed mate it may be hard to repair. Early days like yours should be fixable, maybe not the looks but the brain or whatever is giving you the grief. Do it for Bev and the lad and the dog. Try not to get stressed about it, which is almost impossible to do as it all may be caused by the S word just persevere and insist on an MRI scan and/or Ultrasound on your carotids ( sound painful but its not, time for a kip) Best of luck Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff oakley Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Steve, you need to get to see a specialist. Your Doctor can arrange this but I like many have read your story and without being rude mate, you are doing yourself no favours with your workload. You changed from one business to another and now seem to be working flat out once again burning the candle at both ends. A lot of what Doctors see is stress related and the answer is rest, which is not an option for you, but unless you get sorted out properly you may have much longer enforced rest. Take it easy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User0083 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Unfortunately I agree with everything on here. Being medical myself I know most GP's are shocking and their answer is sick note and time off. Your headaches and things could be a number of things, stress, diet, dehydration, eyesight issues, medical history... List goes on. You need to get to A&E, tell them your past medical history and say what's happening. A&E's have to be pro active and will get first line treatment done there and then, followed up by second line, so MRI, Specialist action... Etc. As Jeff said, take it easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryathome Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 doctors ,what a joke ,this country is on its A*** Sincere and to the point and I agree. Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Steve, I have the answer. Come over here for a week, see my doctor and in a few days you'll have 100% medical attention and you'll go home at least knowing if there is a problem. I refuse to be drawn on the political aspects, you all know what to do if want to change the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dombanks Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Steve, sod the GP get yer ass to A&E and tell yer past history and tell em you want a proper check over. And no disrespect mate but you posed in techie talk at 5:30am. Perhaps your over doing it a bit at work getting up at that time and doing a full day at the unit. this is one of the inherent problems. GP doesnt give the right answer or is a bit **** like in this case so people just go off to A&E. they are then run off their feet due to huge amounts of pointless (im not saying you are steve as i know you had a stroke and a headache is not good) cases so the 4 hr waiting time limits get broken and the govt says they are underperforming and failing. the taloid press get on their high horse and blow it up and the drs get the flack. its all bad and the people that suffer is everyone. unfortunalty the sick note is what people are often after so alot of GP's will just issue one out or just give the drugs. i dont envy A&E drs, the ex was one and my god did she get it in the neck from all sides and work mental hours. please dont blame all drs as they only owrk within the system they are made too. most want what is best for the patient but are hamstrung by paperworkand stupid targets. best bet is to try and get the referal to the specialist again im supprised you cant just go stright back as its not been long since you problems might be worth a try calling them if you can. for you given the history steve go to A&E or a walkincentre but for alot of us think twice before just going there. oh its also worth noting that the ex's experience told me that alot of GP's locum in A&E to "keep their hand in" .... edt. unfortunalty norm your proabably right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Steve - get back to the people who were treating you in hospital and know your situation pronto - the GP is the wrong person here. So are A & E. Think of it like a car with an intermittent problem - are you going to take the car to a different mechanic every time and explain the problem and attempted repairs all over again each time? Of course not. Now try imagining the same thing, but from the viewpoint of every doctor who sees you and your chequered medical history for the first time. Some of you may have had a poor experience of the NHS, but you'd soon be running back if you had to deal with the American system - if you had any money left to run back with afterwards. Sorry gents, but you may not know just how good you've got it over here - it's just learning how to use the system. You'd be up Effluence River without propulsion without it IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fatbaldbloke Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I agree with the advice given, Steve, get back to the consultant that knows your case history, we care for you wuv, but I feel the need to balance the argument against all doctors in general. A couple of our best friends are GP's and you couldn't want for better caring folk, but they have both retired early due to the amount of litigation that gets thrown at them nowadays. Medecine at the GP level isn't an exact science, they try to help to the best of their knowledge, occasionally make a mistake, and the first reaction of the patient is, can I sue and make some money. So they end up not making decisions but passing onto consultants or signing off sick, it's a safer option than making a decision. It's not all down to incompetence, we, society, have a lot to answer for in driving the good, caring, old-fashioned GP's away. It's very similar in a way to the whiplash claims that follow every car accident, we've become litigation crazy, it has become socially acceptable to look at every incident as an opportunity to make money rather than work for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveD Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 yup agree with all the above in certain ways , I have a appointment now with hospital ,I just wanted to get on with my life and move on after the joke that they call Leighton hospital , I have been trying not to get stressed and tried to manage my work load ,im also very happy here and my mind is in a happier place now sinse leaving the old place , but it doesn't take much it seems to knock me sideways ,you know stuff that didn't used to bother me tbh it was just the reaction of the doctor that made think when he said I can sign you off for a month, maybe it was the way I was dressed in my scruffs I duno , it just seems we live in a Jeremy kyle society Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyblues Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 it just seems we live in a Jeremy kyle society We do mate, you just have to grin and bare it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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