Katie_cupcakes
22-05-14, 00:47
Iv been to the Dr so many times with no success In getting tests done.
I was in so much pain last wed, I phoned nhs24 for advice,told them all my symptoms and how I was feeling and they sent an ambulance out for me. The paramedics did loads of checks and said they could take me into a&e but I would have to wait a long time etc...and if I made an emergency appointment with my Dr that I could get referred into a ward so cut out all the waiting.
So i went to my gp, with my wee bit of paper from the paramedics. And she decided to take some blood and told me to phone back for results on Friday. So I phoned on Friday and was told the Dr hadn't looked at the results yet so could I call back on Monday. So I phoned back !Monday and was told the Dr still hadn't looked at them and wasn't actually in on Mondays so they would send the results to another Dr and could I call back n the afternoon.I phoned back in the afternoon and the receptionist said that the blood test for gluten intolerance came back negative.....and that was all my results. I was confused as to what gluten intolerance had anything to do with anything...and also why that was the only thing they tested for!
Well 10 mins later she calls back and says oh there was meant to be another test but it seems to have got lost somewhere and the lab hasn't received it. Its an ESR test which checks for inflammation. So she said she would pass a message onto the Dr who would call me on Tuesday in regards to having another sample sent or whatever.
So I waited for the call on Tuesday..and after waiting for quite a while I decided to phone myself. The receptionist basically said 'she'll call when she calls, its got nothing to do with me'... But I was assured that she would definitely call that day. So I waited in all day for the call, which never came. So this morning I phoned/back and said that I never received a call. I was then told that the Dr wasn't in on Wednesdays!!....michty me!
So she said a different Dr would call me later. So then a couple hours later another Dr calls me and said 'you wanted a Dr to phone you' (as if I was wasting their time) ..I explained the blood had got lost and was waiting to find out where it goes from here...and got 'uh huh' 'right' replies...she didn't sound amused.
Then she said that an ESR test is non specific...it can indicate inflammation, but it couldn't say where the inflammation is...therefore it could only say if there is a problem...not what the problem actually is ( I knew all this anyway)
So she then went onto say it probably isn't relevant because it won't give an official diagnosis...and that was that. So I'm not even getting the test done now! She said because my other result was negative that there was probably no point...hud on...what?!?!? Surely then there is MORE point..and what has a negative result for gluten intolerance got anything to do with inflamation?!?!
I'm really upset and angry at this whole thing! I believe that test was extremely relevant, because I'm in pain. And I am pretty sure that test would have proven that something is going on inside my body....but first they lose my blood and now they won't even do the test! I literally have no idea where to go from here!
I mean what do I do??...go in kicking and screaming? I don't know what else will work!
I was in so much pain last wed, I phoned nhs24 for advice,told them all my symptoms and how I was feeling and they sent an ambulance out for me. The paramedics did loads of checks and said they could take me into a&e but I would have to wait a long time etc...and if I made an emergency appointment with my Dr that I could get referred into a ward so cut out all the waiting.
So i went to my gp, with my wee bit of paper from the paramedics. And she decided to take some blood and told me to phone back for results on Friday. So I phoned on Friday and was told the Dr hadn't looked at the results yet so could I call back on Monday. So I phoned back !Monday and was told the Dr still hadn't looked at them and wasn't actually in on Mondays so they would send the results to another Dr and could I call back n the afternoon.I phoned back in the afternoon and the receptionist said that the blood test for gluten intolerance came back negative.....and that was all my results. I was confused as to what gluten intolerance had anything to do with anything...and also why that was the only thing they tested for!
Well 10 mins later she calls back and says oh there was meant to be another test but it seems to have got lost somewhere and the lab hasn't received it. Its an ESR test which checks for inflammation. So she said she would pass a message onto the Dr who would call me on Tuesday in regards to having another sample sent or whatever.
So I waited for the call on Tuesday..and after waiting for quite a while I decided to phone myself. The receptionist basically said 'she'll call when she calls, its got nothing to do with me'... But I was assured that she would definitely call that day. So I waited in all day for the call, which never came. So this morning I phoned/back and said that I never received a call. I was then told that the Dr wasn't in on Wednesdays!!....michty me!
So she said a different Dr would call me later. So then a couple hours later another Dr calls me and said 'you wanted a Dr to phone you' (as if I was wasting their time) ..I explained the blood had got lost and was waiting to find out where it goes from here...and got 'uh huh' 'right' replies...she didn't sound amused.
Then she said that an ESR test is non specific...it can indicate inflammation, but it couldn't say where the inflammation is...therefore it could only say if there is a problem...not what the problem actually is ( I knew all this anyway)
So she then went onto say it probably isn't relevant because it won't give an official diagnosis...and that was that. So I'm not even getting the test done now! She said because my other result was negative that there was probably no point...hud on...what?!?!? Surely then there is MORE point..and what has a negative result for gluten intolerance got anything to do with inflamation?!?!
I'm really upset and angry at this whole thing! I believe that test was extremely relevant, because I'm in pain. And I am pretty sure that test would have proven that something is going on inside my body....but first they lose my blood and now they won't even do the test! I literally have no idea where to go from here!
I mean what do I do??...go in kicking and screaming? I don't know what else will work!