14-03-2014, 11:15 PM
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Doctors would love these add campains, WHAT is a doctors aim, To make heaps of money treating people who think they may be sick.Would other trade people worry if add campains sent people knocking on their door to check problems they don't have. Don't Think So.
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Never see a Doctor, Doctors are a HEALTH HAZZARD.
15-03-2014, 08:01 AM
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The treatment you get from your GP seems to depend very much on where you live.Our Doctors have a private surgery going on upstairs. If you want to pay then you will be seen quickly. Small example - I had been having pains in the top of my foot. I was told to see the 'upstairs podiatrist(?) ) - no option of going to see someone on the NHS.
If we want an appointment we have to explain to a nurse who will then pass the info on to a doctor. If he thinks it needs further looking at, we will be given a telephone appointment. I'm able to explain things clearly. some people can't and give up at this point.....
I have found that I need to get quite 'firm' to get anything done.
I was in agony with my knee and went to the docs many times over two years. He gave me a couple of cortisone injections in my knee which were no help. Finally he referred me to the hospital. X-rays showed the knee joint had 'gone' and I needed a total knee replacement. So for three years I had suffered with the doctor seemingly not believing me. Same thing with my hip - but that's another story.
I realised our doctors are hard pressed - I live in a retirement area, but they don't really listen. As I said - a lot depends on where you live.......
15-03-2014, 08:08 AM
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What worries me at the moment is you can see the GP they ask to see you in a week or months time, and receptionist refuses to make the appointment. GP says nothing he can do, receptionist says no appointments available. Well 3 months later you feel worse manage to see another GP and it all starts again.TMI perhaps but I was put on the pill due to having a large fibroid, had to see the GP for a check before she will prescribe again but no appointments available so I am no longer on it. Just happy I am not relying on it for contraception or well a baby in my 50s is not the life plan I have been wanting.
15-03-2014, 03:36 PM
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[QUOTE=Julie1962;427977]What worries me at the moment is you can see the GP they ask to see you in a week or months time, and receptionist refuses to make the appointment. GP says nothing he can do, receptionist says no appointments available. Well 3 months later you feel worse manage to see another GP and it all starts again.QUOTE]
Julie, I have had exactly the same problem as this. Doc tells you to make an appointment in . . . . whatever time, then you're told at reception there are no appointments, or sometimes they have said "phone at 8 a.m. on the day and see if there is one". The last time this happened I told them the Doc had requested it - not me, and perhaps they would like to explain to the Doc why I couldn't come when he told me to! The current booking systems drive me nuts.
National does seem to be a misnomer in this case doesn't it
20-03-2014, 10:23 PM
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One of my dearest friends died last year from Lung Cancer and anything that can be done to raise awareness of it is a good thing as far as I am concerned.Yes many people will go to the doctors when they are actually OK, but for those who actually have Lung Cancer and get it detected sooner, it is worth it.
I truly believe if my friend had gone to the doctors sooner (he had a cough for over 4 months before getting it checked out) he would still be here today.
20-03-2014, 10:59 PM
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I have also lost many friends from cancer , and also had a couple of cancer scares myself but the point i was making in my original post was why promote cancer awareness when the doctors brush it off as in my case ..OK it wasn't cancer but it deteriorated to such a extent I had a emergency paramedic , and then a ambulance. The paramedic asked me if i had seen a doctor and when i said the doctor said i had had a 100 day cough , he was not very impressed and quoted "where the hell do they get these ideas"..so what do you believe the ads or the doctors ...fortunately it looks like my 3 month cough is a result to a reaction to Ramipril a blood pressure drug|
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