Not you again.

[Red65]

Hi, is it just me or does anybody else have a sense of "not you again" when you go to the doctors about a new pain your having.Consultant once told me "you worry too much " which shocked me.

[Danubian]

yeah I know the feeling!. I just wish that my gastro doc had said that to me. If he had told me from the very beginning that my symptoms could be related to mental disorder I would have worried less and symptoms would have reduced. But no - he did one examination after the other. I get the feeling that this was a strictly professional approach and ONLY after ALL possible physical problems have been ruled out that he is allowed to tell you that it is related to the psyche

[Owlie]

Yep every time I go...and I always apologise for being there!

[Bluebonnet1]

Why wouldn’t we be worried? When things happen to us we all worry. What if and why can’t are hard to think of but, then you find this site and people who are in the same boat can give you darn good advice. Listen to them it can only help and make things better.

[Candy12]

It never ceases to amaze me how often this seems to happen So yes I get : what can I do for you now!!! And if it’s to do with your underplaying condition “ you’ll just have to live with it!! ( which in real terms is not correct as there are symptom control medications that can be prescribed) I know only to well there is no cure for my PBC.

I had a year of this due to a problem the GP was putting down to anxiety. However I knew my body wasn’t right and asked for second opinion, paid for a private scan, and weeks later I was being operated on.

So please don’t let the doctors make you feel like your bothering them, even if it means asking for a second opinion which your entitled to do.

[Gamer1]

Hi. My GP leaves a lot to be desired. He just does not want to know. I think he is scared as l am post transplant, so maybe out his league? The transplant unit however are the most fantastic and caring people l have ever met and no matter what l ask, and there have been seriously weird questions, l always get the help l need.

[Willh0]

Hi Red, I know exactly what you mean. When ever I go to see my GP or any of the check ups I have about anything I feel like I’m waisting their time as they always ask me what the transplant unit have said or oh I’ll have to speak to them first then I’ll get back to you. Both good and bad in exactly the same ways. Great care give but everything revolves about the one thing.

On a slightly different note. The nurses in the unit were chatting away to me for a bit the one of them pipes up, ‘your going to be the worst type of patient.’ Shocked 😮 I’m what?? Yeah the worst, you’ll just get on with things even if things aren’t right, is it sore?? You’ll say no it’s ok when we know it’s not. If it’s sore, difficult, or worrying you you have to tell us don’t just sit and try and deal with it yourself!!!

I can only take them at face value so if I have anything wrong I’ll tell the doctors or the GP. Am I a pest?? Probably but I’m only doing what they told me to do. I would sit there and try and deal with things that could be major and not say anything but that’s not the way to go. If your worried, tell them no matter how small you think it is. As my sister pointed out to me, ‘oh I must have missed all those years at medical school that you did, you kept that well under raps’. They won’t mind you asking, never feel that your putting them out. If it’s simple they can quickly deal with it.

[Medecin]

I feel very guilty about all the NHS resources I am using. It’s been one thing after another since transplant:- hernia, sepsis (twice) , heart valve implant , sepsis again and now blood cancer (myelodysplastia syndromes).

But GP, transplant doctors, nurses, cardio team and Haematology consultants couldn’t have been nicer or more helpful.

BUT it’s me, I just feel guilty. This culminated in my trying to cope with sepsis myself last Xmas. I got away with it, that time, but Drs have convinced me that I did the wrong thing

[Casinobo in reply to Medecin]

Please don’t feel guilty. We can’t control everything in our lives. They get paid for the job they chose. You are valuable and worth it. God Bless😀

[Radnor in reply to Medecin]

Rest assured, if you didnt need their services they would discharge you, plain and simple. I find it a pain in the bum having so many appointments, 5 consultants with possibly no 6 on the horizon . Lipidologist. I didnt even know such a specialism existed. I look as fit as a fiddle too, apart from my current limp. None of us want to be crocks lol Hazelxx