Re: NHS waiting times
Originally Posted by
Lion Queen
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I had a heart monitor for 24 hours because of worrying palpitations which sometimes take my breath away. As time has gone by they have gotten worse and were waking me up in the night. I was put on 2.5mg beta blockers which did nothing then upped to 5mg which also didn't help. I am now on 7.5mg and doctor told me to take them at night which have helped as I have managed somre decent sleep although I get them during the day
It has now been 6 weeks and 1 day since I had that test and my doctor has chased them up twice yet still no results.
The waiting is awful and I m seriously considering paying for a private consultation with a cardiologist as I need to know what is wrong.
I know the NHS is in a mess but this is ridiculous.
As time is going by the palpitations that I m getting during the day are getting stronger. I.m grateful to at least be getting some sleep now.
That is a long time LD
It’s strange that in this electronic age we seem to spend more time waiting .
My husband had an appointment with the cardiologist that he had waited weeks for only to be told when going in that the xrays taken ages before had not been received .
So we had to drag off to the X-ray dept and have them done all over again .
I would contact them again .
After Mr M had his heart attack his GP recommended a check up with the cardiologist it’s just didn’t happen .
When we queried this we eventually got an appointment it was for five months time .
The GP apologised and said appointments were made on a basis of urgency from some central office .
Presumably an man who has had a major heart attack was not considered urgent .
Fortunately the GP was able to get it speeded up a bit .
I hope that you get your results soon of course it’s worrying for you .