Free health services come at a price, I'm beginning to find out. I've had a couple of ops on the NHS before and they've been pretty good, but then they have been pretty serious, fractures, dislocations etc I now have something less serious - Tennis elbow - and fark me dead, what a nightmare. Saw 2 different GPs 4 times, finally got a referral to see a specialist at an NHS hospital (Mile End - nice) had to wait 5 weeks, turned up to see the 'specialist' and she was a clinical assessor. Looked at my arm, "yes you need to see a specialist, we'll make an appointment for you to see someone in 6 weeks time." I'm getting serious deja vu here. So for almost 2 months now I've been virtually unable to use my right arm, I can't shave, brush my teeth or even w*nk with it. I've now seen 6 NHS professionals and still had no treatment so I've phoned up a private sports doctor this week and went and saw him, £180 to see him, £80 for xray, £40 for blood tests and I haven't been treated yet. God knows what that will cost. So if you don't have private health cover (like me) get it. TBH I would prefer to pay for a health service and have something that is quick and efficent without these massive waiting lists.
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But this is how the waiting lists have come down. What used to happen is that you would see your GP and then wait to see the specialist with any op following on from there. What they do now is insert another waiting list whereby you wait twice, each for half the time as the old wait - there you go, reduced waiting times to see a 'specialist'.Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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Yes and in between, if they are lucky, you will have croaked of whatever ailment you had thus reducing the waiting list further.Comment
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left-hand stroke?Originally posted by XTCComment
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Nah it's long past that stage, bone may be infected and might need operation if steriod injections don't work. Waiting on results from mri scan and blood tests.Originally posted by zeitghostComment
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.. says zeity as he purchases yet more shares in Glaxo SmithklineOriginally posted by zeitghost
The proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek PointsComment
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Yeah Nurofen are a rugby players best friend.Originally posted by zeitghostComment
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Rugby !? Stop doing any sport whatsoever and after a few years all your ailments go away. Sport is bad for you. Worked for me. Downside is you put a couple of stone on if you don't start eating rabbit food.Originally posted by XTCComment
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I get that, I can also feel the bones in my shoulder blade crunching if I rotate my arm to its extreme, when I saw my GP he just said something like "your getting older, what do you expect?" I'm only 36 FFS! So how often do you take it and for how long? My symptoms seem to last about 3 months then go away again and then come back for another 3 months, exercise just seems to aggravate it.Originally posted by zeitghostScience isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Nice doctor you've got.Originally posted by gingerjediComment
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