28-06-2014, 06:54 PM
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29-06-2014, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by lilac
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do you believe everything doctors tell you..without proof?I am not joking..according to doctors I should be at least in a wheelchair..the other option was dead..
I am neither..
I'd had a fall off 10 feet tall steps up to a Hercules aircraft I was working on and fell on part of the undercarriage - right on the base of my spine.
I still remember the appalling pain and partial paralysis for about an hour and it turned out I'd done a fair bit of damage but I listened to a physiotherapist rather than my doctor - just as well in the end.
May I just add here that I see that the government is now considering, or about to bring in yet more "league tables" to name-and-shame GPs failing to diagnose Cancers.
This is just plain wrong in my opinion!
They want GPs to take the pressure off hospital A&E departments, with no attention at all given to the funding problems they already have and now they want to kick GPs in the teeth with more bureaucracy and humiliation?!
IMHO Jeremy Hunt should have stayed as Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport!
We need someone with a medical background at the very least, not someone obviously more intent on the political power ladder! stevmk2
29-06-2014, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by stevmk2
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Me too, according to my GP in 1974!I'd had a fall off 10 feet tall steps up to a Hercules aircraft I was working on and fell on part of the undercarriage - right on the base of my spine.
I still remember the appalling pain and partial paralysis for about an hour and it turned out I'd done a fair bit of damage but I listened to a physiotherapist rather than my doctor - just as well in the end.
May I just add here that I see that the government is now considering, or about to bring in yet more "league tables" to name-and-shame GPs failing to diagnose Cancers.
This is just plain wrong in my opinion!
They want GPs to take the pressure off hospital A&E departments, with no attention at all given to the funding problems they already have and now they want to kick GPs in the teeth with more bureaucracy and humiliation?!
IMHO Jeremy Hunt should have stayed as Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport!
We need someone with a medical background at the very least, not someone obviously more intent on the political power ladder! stevmk2
29-06-2014, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by caricature
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Not sure that GP's detect cancer do they its usually done by a consultant after biops or scans as was my case.
What's occurred to me too is, if this new "league / listing" goes ahead, are we going to see doctors & consultants default to a more positive identification of Cancers just to cover themselves, as some Cancers are, apparently, notoriously difficult to diagnose?
That could cause far more problems and costs would spiral out of control in my opinion.
I'd be interested in a more informed opinion. stevmk2
29-06-2014, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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Far far too many horror stories all around the country for them not to be true, just wish we could all live near pats as her service seems pretty good ! 
29-06-2014, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by caricature
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Not sure that GP's detect cancer do they its usually done by a consultant after biops or scans as was my case.
A GP may 'suspect' cancer going by your signs and symptoms and then will refer for for investigations i.e blood tests, scans etc.
29-06-2014, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Pats
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You are correct.A GP may 'suspect' cancer going by your signs and symptoms and then will refer for for investigations i.e blood tests, scans etc.
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