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LadyConstanze -> RE: Question for the international members (12/2/2015 3:48:58 PM)
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OK, in that case explain why the NHS is putting people on antidepressants when it's actually their vitamin levels they need to look at, you possibly have seen the last few articles on D3 and B12 and the fact that most docs still consider it a fad....
The priorities are wrong, really wrong, if it's not crippling, you're not on the list, a friend of ours had a problem with her ankle, they told her 6 months on the waiting list, she earns well, 6 months she couldn't have done her job (she's a vet) on crutches, she went and had it done privately, was back within a week. Wrong economy, 6 months and she would have been out of work and draining the system, that just costs and adds more costs.
In another thread Freedomdwarf said he gets tooth cleaning, root canals, scaling on the NHS, great, happy that he does, he should do, I live in the postcode area of SK9, a dentist told me that he wants to pull a tooth, I was "WTF? You don't pull a tooth, you keep a tooth! They don't grow back!" He told me that what I pay additionally to the NHS, the root canal isn't really worth his time and risk, pulling is the better option. I left, went to a private dentist, still have my tooth, I do like having a full set of teeth.
There is actually something like a loss of life expectancy the further you go North, so far I haven't signed up for private health care because I think it's a bit wrong to have a 2 class system, but on plenty of occasions paid for it myself. Last time dislocated shoulder, painful, really painful, went to ER got pain killers and the recommendation to see the physio therapist, tried to get appointment with GP - was told in 4 weeks, explained the problem, was told not an emergency 4 weeks and the waiting time for a physio is again 4 weeks. Went to a private physio, he said "Trapped nerve, got to put the shoulder in and out of the socket again, brace yourself" - one scream later still in pain but more bearable, now full movement of the arm. Me being 6 to 8 weeks out of work means I pay a lot less taxes, I possibly lose clients and earn less for the whole year instead of paying into the system... The physio £250, bargain, not even half a day's work, I gladly pay that, on the other hand, the girl working at the local supermarket, she possibly can't pay that, she's off on sick leave, she might lose her job, she will cost the system...
Do you see where I'm coming from? I think Corbyn is the best thing that ever happened, I hate Hunt (somebody should replace the H with a C), the system how it was planned, fucking brilliant, what the cuts have made of it, sod it, far too many things do not work anymore. As I said before, Lupus isn't exactly fun, if you keep getting told that it's just a bit of a skin rash and then you find out that for the rest of your life you have to live on a special diet, and yeah, fuck it, your thyroid is shot too and ha ha, yeah, you can't absorb D3 and B12 and btw all the autoimmune problems have made you gluten sensitive as our tests give more often a false negative than a positive, deal with it... You get a bit upset. Then you do look at the MPs who are all for stripping the NHS and what a surprise, they all have interests or family with interest in private health care...
As for the "you have a cold have a cup of tea and go home" been there, cold didn't go away for 18 months, ended up in the ER in LA turned out devoid of vitamin D, travel insurance didn't pick it up as it was "pre-existing", GP went "Oh but you looked healthy so we wouldn't check for D deficiency", I kept telling him I have problems breathing, can't shake the cough, feel so tired and down, my gums are bleeding, the gums were not his problem to talk to the dentist, who said it's not a hygiene problem, I pointed out that I also break bones about twice a year, his recommendation was to be more careful, for the feeling down I was offered antidepressants (I didn't take them), apparently those are the classic symptoms of vit D deficiency, especially in this area normal due to the rain and lack of sunshine.
Came back from LA with a list from the head of the endocrinolgy department who stressed that autoimmune issues are fairly serious (no shit Sherlock, the body attacking itself) and to keep a close eye on the blood results and a change in thyroid meds, one GP said she disagrees completely I shouldn't be medicated at all (I have 10% of my thyroid left and it's not working right), I went "Top endo at one of the best clinics in the world versus GP in Alderly - hmmmm" She had a shit fit and called him a backstreet practitioner (this is the guy the endo consultant refers to as the godfather of endocrinology), I requested an appointment with the head of practise which was another 8 week wait, he was kinda lukewarm, I said I would like to avoid more autoimmune issues, reply "We worry about that if you have them"
I'm seriously done with the NHS, I wish it would work, I will do whatever it takes to make it work, but I am so not trusting them with my life and health. I think health care is a human right but unless you're very very lucky, they just don't want to deal with problems. I want to work, I am happy to work, I really don't want to sponge of the system, in fact I dislike going to the doctors and only do so if I need to, because unless I'm bleeding from several open wounds, it's all fine and we worry when it gets worse...
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