Re: Totally disillusioned with my Doctor ; (

[Guest guest]

Can I ask if you are on benefits? If you are you should be getting some help

towards your hospital visits.

It sounds like this endo is making excuses for himself, this may be to dump the

blame on you so that when his drugs bill is questioned at his hospital, he has a

get out.

If I were you I would copy what you have said to a Word document and send it to

your local PCT with a covering letter. Sadly, this is nothing unusual as these

highly paid endoprats tend to think they are god and that everyone else is too

stupid to live!!

Glynis

[Guest guest]

Hi glynis

I am on incapacity benefit and dla but no income related benefits so I don't get

any

help with prescriptions, hospitals etc. This doctor is private anyway and altho

I have bupa

he isn't covered by them.

I just can't understand why the fact that the levothyroxine just did not help me

Wasn't sufficient to justify him prescribing me the armour, why say something

that

isn't true and makes me look difficult just to justify it when there's a

perfectly valid reason already? When I went back I either

expected him to try and look into why it wasn't working so I could overcome that

or prescribe me something else - I wasn't bothered so long as I felt like

something

Was being done so I could make some progress. I also can't believe I took those

tablets

for seven weeks and persevered even tho they made me so ill, just to get treated

like this

and like I've refused to take them anyway.

His letter just gives a completely false impression of what occurred and to me

reads

like he is trying to help me but I'm not really helping with my views on

synthetic

medicines when I couldn't care a less what I'm taking I just wanted help to get

well.

Just feels like buck passing to me and makes me frankly not trust him to help

me. It also

Really upsets me that he has written to my gp in that manner because I have

enough

trouble with her already and his letter isn't going to help matters. It wasn't

my fault

the levo didn't help me and I did everything he asked me to do, so I really feel

like

Writing that letter in the manner he did is just treating me really unfairly. I

also think

it's pretty spineless to be honest. He actually made a couple of sarcastic quite

nasty

remarks to me at my first appointment with him and I thought perhaps stupidly

that

maybe it was some kind of test to see if I reacted to them to test my mood and

tolerance

level if you see what I mean. I feel a bit stupid saying that now but I couldn't

see any other

reason for him to make them and from all I'd heard about him from others I

thought

he was supposed to okay.

He used the word 'disappointed' four times in that letter, which is ironic

because

'disappointed' is exactly how I feel.

Bunny

>

> Can I ask if you are on benefits? If you are you should be getting some help

towards your hospital visits.

> It sounds like this endo is making excuses for himself, this may be to dump

the blame on you so that when his drugs bill is questioned at his hospital, he

has a get out.

> If I were you I would copy what you have said to a Word document and send it

to your local PCT with a covering letter. Sadly, this is nothing unusual as

these highly paid endoprats tend to think they are god and that everyone else is

too stupid to live!!

> Glynis

>

[Guest guest]

You should not have to pay for your prescriptions, if you are hypo then they are

free as is all and any other meds you might need. If you are on IB then you

should be entitled to SOME help with travel to the hospital for appointments.

Fill in a HC 1 form, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

I would think about finding a NHS endo who will continue your Armour and cost

you much less!!

Glynis

..liff@...> wrote:

>

> Hi glynis

>

> I am on incapacity benefit and dla but no income related benefits so I don't

get any

> help with prescriptions, hospitals etc. This doctor is private anyway and

altho I have bupa

> he isn't covered by them.

[Guest guest]

You need to write a letter to this Endocrinologist and send a

copy to the Chief Executive of the Hospital. This is appalling. All the points

you have mentioned here, mention in your letter to him and give him the CORRECT

answer as to what actually did happen and what was actually said - and tell him

that you wish him to rewrite the letter to your GP (and wherever else he sent

copies to) giving the TRUE FACTS, asking the GP (and others) to destroy the

original. It is often a good idea to take somebody with you when you go to such

a consultation so they can back up what was said and what was not said. This

helps enormously, especially if that person is sitting there with pen poised

over note-pad taking notes.

You need to write in the letter too that you can see your GP to

get your tablets increased, if that is indicated. Remind him that anyway, it

takes up to 6 weeks for thyroxine to be fully utilised in the cells and blood

tests should not be done at three weekly intervals.

I hope you are feeling calmer today

Sheila

At the moment much as I would have liked to have been seeing an 'official'

doctor I felt like after saturday's conversation I couldn't afford to any more,

and now after his letter I wonder why I ever went at all. I can't see any

reason for what is written in that letter when the truth would have sufficed other

than to use me as some sort of scapegoat for his decision to give me Armour,

but even then he could have portrayed it in a far less derisory manner. I was

intending to go and see Dr P and I would far rather spend my money on that but

don't know if that is sufficient - can I just buy the armour myself and will he

advise me on that as well as nutritional aspects which I feel I need to get

sorted anyway?

I'm concerned if I don't go back to see him, either for cost reasons or just

plain disgust at the moment of how that will look benefits wise when I am asked

to write a list of 'precribed' medication and was wondering how other people

deal with this when they are self treating? I'm also really worried about what

that letter is going to look like to anyone else who sees it, like other

doctors I see in future, my GP or the benefits agency etc.

Sorry for this long message but I'm just so upset about it and I thought you

would understand, unfortunately ; )

Bunny

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[Guest guest]

Hi Bunny,

Excuse me for cutting in on the discussion, I just noticed you said you don't

get help with prescriptions. I'm not sure why you're paying for prescriptions? I

was pleasantly surprised that after i was diagnosed recently with Hashi's and

prescribed thyroxine I filled in an exemption form and now I have a card that

says I don't have to pay for any NHS prescriptions for the REST OF MY LIFE!

I assumed this was the case for everyone who has a diagnosis and if you've been

prescribed throxine did your GP not give you an exemption form? Might be worth

investigating.

Hope it helps.

Adele x

>

> Hi glynis

>

> I am on incapacity benefit and dla but no income related benefits so I don't

get

> help with prescriptions, hospitals etc.

[Guest guest]

Anybody who has been given a diagnosis of hypothyroidism gets

free prescriptions for EVERYTHING. If you have been paying for your

prescriptions, you need to get an Exemption Certificate from your GP. You

possibly can claim back prescription fees from when you were first diagnosed. Talk

to your pharmacist about this.

Sheila

>

> I am on incapacity benefit and dla but no income related benefits so I

don't get any

> help with prescriptions, hospitals etc. This doctor is private anyway and

altho I have bupa

> he isn't covered by them.

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[Guest guest]

Sorry, one more thing - Glynis is right that by receiving DLA you should be

entitled to help with travel costs. Many local councils operate concessionary

schemes for people receiving DLA so that could help too? Might be worth checking

you are receiving all you are entitled to.

Adele x

>

> Hi glynis

>

> I am on incapacity benefit and dla but no income related benefits so I don't

get any

> help with prescriptions, hospitals etc.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila (Everyone)

He is a private consultant so not at a hospital so the only person I could write

to is him I guess. I do feel like writing to him and as you say pointing out

everything I've mentioned and asking him to reissue the letter to my GP. I

wasn't sure if I was just over reacting and taking what he wrote the wrong way

though, I didn't think I was but it's hard to tell when I feel so awful anyway.

But I also feel like if I write to him and ask for that that will mark the end

of our 'relationship' anyway, such as it is. I mean I've already done

absolutely nothing and yet feel like I'm being stabbed in the back. I don't

want to cut my nose off to spite my face and worry I am having a knee jerk

reaction which I will regret later. I don't know about anyone else but one of

the worst things about hypo for me is the fact that I feel like I can no longer

trust my own judgement.

I have noone I can take to the appointments with me - it would cost even more

then too in train fares unfortunately. I have a disabled train card from the

rail company which I paid for and a bus pass from the council but I've never

heard of getting any help with the costs of hospital/consultant trips - does

that apply tho when you are seeing a private consultant. The thing is I am only

going to see this particular consultant because he came so highly recommended

and I'd wasted so much money seeing doctors that weren't and being sent away

again.

Unfortunately the wishy washy letters the consultant has sent my GP don't

actually state I have hypo - he says I have all the symptoms of it and look hypo

but without actually saying it. It says on my private prescriptions that my

tablets are 'solely for the treatment of hypothyroidism' but my GP is still

acting like it's being investigated and so when I asked about the form for the

exemption certificate I was just told I needed an official diagnosis and as I

didn't have that yet I couldn't have the form - I don't know how to get an

'official diagnosis' as I thought the fact that I am being treated for it meant

I already had. At the moment I have one of those prepayment certificates so it

isn't costing much anyway.

I don't know what the me needing to come in every time my dosage is raised stuff

is about. It isn't for blood tests it's just to go and see him for an

appointment. When I queried it his secretary said I had to come in and see him

before he could give me a new prescription. I said at the time of my last

appointment they had told me to just phone or send in a note and to fill out a

new prescription form which I did a few weeks ago, but she said something like

'it isn't us it's just the way it is, the doctor can't give you a new

prescription or raise your dose without seeing you first.' They were meant to

call me back that day and assured me they would and I waited by the phone all

day but they never did and when I tried to phone them it just rings and rings.

I didn't actually realise this at the time but I now officially only have four

days of tablets left - luckily thanks to this forum I ordered my own armour so

have that to take if they don't send me a new one in time.

I'm not sure if the not being allowed to issue me a new prescription stuff is

really the case - I've certainly never heard of it before and the fact that they

didn't mention it when I was sitting in front of them at my appointment seems

odd. Call me paranoid but I almost feel like it's another way of making it

harder for me to see him again, so I give up and don't bother.

The more I read that letter the more it reads like he is laying the groundwork

for his own failure and placing the blame squarely at my door in advance so that

if the armour doesn't work out it will all be my fault for being difficult and

not helping myself. I'm sure I can't be the only person who takes levo and

doesn't recover immediately so I don't know why he is already seemingly so quick

to place blame. I wouldn't mind but I didn't go back and blame him for the fact

that the levo didn't help me so why is it my fault?! In his first letter it

also said 'I am sure we can help ', now after making out that I am causing

a problem by stopping the levo he says 'I hope we can help .' Maybe I'm

reading too much into it but it just feels like he has already given up and

decided I'm going to be a problem and not just a 'straight forward case'

(whatever that is) and that he is just going to give up on me if the armour

doesn't work out rather than look into why things aren't working out and that

worries me whatever the outcome.

I guess as I havent been taking armour long enough to see any significant

improvements yet he is scaring the **** out of me that after him being so

certain that hypo is what I have and that I will get better and me feeling like

I finally have a diagnosis, hypo isn't what I have at all and I'm going to be

back at square one. It's almost like his negativity and obvious preparation for

failure is creeping into me, and I'm sure that letter is going to have a

similarly negative and unhelpful effect on my already negative gp.

And I know this sounds pathetic but I also feel quite hurt that this doctor who

has apparently helped so many people seems so negative towards me, at my first

appointment he even ridiculed some of the previous doctors I've seen for things

they've written in letters about me to 'cover themselves' as he put it, and now

it feels like he is doing exactly the same, in spite of seeing the unfairness in

it. I know I sound like a berk but I just find it really upsetting when you've

opened yourself up to someone and they are fully aware of how much previous crap

you've had to put up with, and knowing that they go and do the same! Just

another kick when you're down to me, which I could do without really.

Thanks for you help and listening!

Bunny

>

> You need to write a letter to this Endocrinologist and send a copy to the

> Chief Executive of the Hospital. This is appalling. All the points you have

> mentioned here, mention in your letter to him and give him the CORRECT

> answer as to what actually did happen and what was actually said - and tell

> him that you wish him to rewrite the letter to your GP (and wherever else he

> sent copies to) giving the TRUE FACTS, asking the GP (and others) to destroy

> the original.

[Guest guest]

Hi Bunny,

Passive agression - and when they are told they are being horrible, they say

" who, me? "

My mother was the same, she used to say horrible things to me but in a sweet

voice with a smile on her face so that anyone hearing would never think that she

was being cruel.

B

[Guest guest]

Hello Bunny and all,

I've just been reading through this thread and my heart goes out to you. The `world of thyroid' is a tough one and unfortunately we sufferers are anything but tough (but getting tougher with good treatment ) … BUT, there could be another explanation for all this.

My gut feeling about this endo's letter is that he is covering his backside and in order to do that he may feel he has to be `cruel to be kind'…. either that or he is an unfeeling jerk.

Because of the directive from "above" (BTA, RCP et al) and the veiled thread of litigation that rests upon doctor's shoulders when they dare to set a foot wrong, they have to cover themselves. Doctors are allowed to prescribe NDT (natural desiccated thyroid) if synthetic medication fails – which is the case with you. So he might be making out that he really, really has done all he can to treat you with synthetic hormones, but the patient is adamant that she can't tolerate synthetics, so he has no choice but to give into her wishes and treat her with NDT… Putting it this way, he lets himself off the hook should your GP or anybody try to report him for prescribing an unlicensed drug (in the UK) to a patient who has not yet officially been diagnosed hypothyroid. I haven't seen any of your lab results, but if they are still marginal – and I assume they are since you have not been `officially' diagnosed hypothyroid – this endo could land himself in deep water with the GMC. Whilst doctors are allowed to prescribe NDT for hypothyroid patients if synthetic medication fails, they are not allowed to diagnose a patient without "biochemical evidence" … meaning they are not allowed to make a diagnosis until and unless the blood parameters are clearly in the red. This is madness, but sadly a fact of life these days.

The reason I am thinking along the above lines is because this endo has actually prescribed you Armour, but he might need to be seen to have his hand "forced" to do so. In order to get Armour prescribed on NHS, I assume your GP will have to do the script on the endo's say-so, since the endo is a private one. Giving you a private script does not make much sense – you might as well buy it from the internet (as you have done now) and it would be cheaper.

It is difficult to advise what to do in your shoes now. Certainly I would respond to this letter with a letter of my own to the endo and cc to your GP (asking for the letter to be added to your medical notes), stating that you object to the wording `she does not "like" synthetic preparations…' but that the synthetic preparations you had been prescribed made you ill to the point of disability; "inexplicable" or not, this is a fact and not your "opinion". You do not want to make things difficult and have tried to comply by trying the synthetic hormones for 7 weeks and sadly it made matters a lot worse – hence you are now trying Armour in the hope that your body will tolerate natural thyroid better. – Don't be apologetic nor accusing, just state facts, and ask for your GP to please prescribe Armour on NHS. Failing that – if it were me – I would just tell her (not ask, but tell her) that you are not prepared to risk your health again by taking a drug that makes you ill, and if need be you would buy your own Armour and all you ask of her is to monitor you.

ly, I've had it with ignorant doctors playing God. NDT does not cost the earth, so unless you are really hard up, there is a huge advantage to buying it yourself…. You can regulate your dosage without being at the mercy of your doctor. Chances are that either Armour or one of the other NDTs will do it for you and it's liberating to be in control for once …. patient, help thyself !

Best of luck,

[Guest guest]

The point is, if he is a REGISTERED doctor with the General

Medical Council, then you can report him to the GMC. He could have his

registration removed if the GMC felt he was not carrying out his duties as a

Medical Doctor. See the GMC listed duties below: His behaviour that you wrote

about in your previous message is quite appalling and a doctor should NEVER act

in such a way.

Good

Medical Practice: Duties of a doctorhttp://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/good_medical_practice/duties_of_a_doctor.asp

The

duties of a doctor registered with the General Medical Council

Patients

must be able to trust doctors with their lives and health. To justify that

trust you must show respect for human life and you must:

·

Make the care of your patient your first

concern

·

Protect and promote the health of

patients and the public

·

Provide a good standard of practice and

care

o

Keep your professional knowledge and

skills up to date

o

Recognise and work within the limits of

your competence

o

Work with colleagues in the ways that

best serve patients' interests

·

Treat patients as individuals and respect

their dignity

o

Treat patients politely and considerately

o

Respect patients' right to

confidentiality

·

Work in partnership with patients

o

Listen to patients and respond to their

concerns and preferences

o

Give patients the information they want

or need in a way they can understand

o

Respect patients' right to reach

decisions with you about their treatment and care

o

Support patients in caring for themselves

to improve and maintain their health

·

Be honest and open and act with integrity

o

Act without delay if you have good reason

to believe that you or a colleague may be putting patients at risk

o

Never discriminate unfairly against

patients or colleagues

o

Never abuse your patients' trust in you

or the public's trust in the profession.

You

are personally accountable for your professional practice and must always be

prepared to justify your decisions and actions.

Read

also http://www.gmc-uk.org/the_meaning_of_fitness_to_practise.pdf_25416562.pdf

He is

not the only endocrinologist on the planet - there are some pretty damned good ones

and many are within the NHS - it's just that they are hard to find. However, we

can help you find somebody else, and all the time you have been under this

private doctor, he has obviously failed to give you back your normal health.

Can you send me the name of this doctor, privately please to sheila@... .

Again,

if you are being given levothyroxine by an NHS doctor, then you are entitled to

free prescriptions for everything and anything. Just prescribing you

levothyroxine IS giving you an official diagnosis.

I

think this man is just out to make as much money out of you as he can - it's up

to you not to allow this though I do appreciate that before a doctor can give

you an increase in medication (is this thyroid hormone you are talking about?),

then yes, he should see the patient. If anything went wrong, and he increased

your dose over the telephone, or just sent you a prescription, then if you had

a bad reaction, he would be in trouble for not examining you first. This makes

sense. However, surely he should allow blood testing to be done by your GP and

then he could decide whether you do or do not need an increase and work the GP

accordingly. Surely that is what GP's are for.

A doctor would not

give his patient either levothyroxine or natural thyroid extract (Armour) if

their patient was not suffering with hypothyroidism - they could be struck off

if they did. These drugs are for no other reason other than thyroid hormone

replacement. YOU HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM. Ask your GP again for

an Exemption Certificate - if he refuses, report him to your local Primary Care

Trust.

How much Armour did

the doctor prescribe for you? Did he tell you about taking 200mcgs Selenium

daily with food.

Sheila

I guess as I havent been taking armour long enough to see any significant

improvements yet he is scaring the **** out of me that after him being so

certain that hypo is what I have and that I will get better and me feeling like

I finally have a diagnosis, hypo isn't what I have at all and I'm going to be

back at square one. It's almost like his negativity and obvious preparation for

failure is creeping into me, and I'm sure that letter is going to have a

similarly negative and unhelpful effect on my already negative gp.

[Guest guest]

, and you should also remember that when you are buying NDT

from an Internet Pharmacy, you are buying in tubs of 100 tablets (or 500 tab.s

in the case of value pharmaceuticals - or even 1000 tablets in the case of

Thyroid-s) and the cost of these is minimal against what you are paying every

three weeks in fares, private doctors fees and private prescription.

Luv - Sheila

ly, I've had it

with ignorant doctors playing God. NDT does not cost the earth, so unless you

are really hard up, there is a huge advantage to buying it yourself…. You

can regulate your dosage without being at the mercy of your doctor. Chances are

that either Armour or one of the other NDTs will do it for you and it's

liberating to be in control for once ….

patient, help thyself !

Best of luck,

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Hi , Have you got a NHS diagnosis of hypo? if so, then you should be able to apply for an exemption from prescription charges- your GP should have, and sign, the form. > thyroid treatment > From: karen.liff@...> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:38:54 +0000> Subject: Re: Totally disillusioned with my Doctor ; (> > Hi glynis> > I am on incapacity benefit and dla but no income related benefits so I don't get any> help with prescriptions, hospitals etc. This doctor is private anyway and altho I have bupa > he isn't covered by them. > > Bunny> > > > > ------------------------------------> > TPA is not medically qualified. Consult with a qualified medical practitioner before changing medication.> >

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Hi All

Well he never did call me back - his secretary called about 10 days ago now and

said he would be calling me and he hasn't. I've tried calling them but it just

rings and rings. I ran out of armour officially on Saturday and have heard

absolutely nothing despite sending in a prescription request form and a letter

to say how I was doing so far as requested, so I have now started to take the

supply I bought for myself thanks to the help from this website/forum and have

just had to guess my next dose increase.

I was prescribed half grain for 3 weeks, then 1 grain for 3 weeks, and have now

increased it to 1.5 grains using the info in the info pack, since I seem to have

little other option. I seem to be doing okay so far.

Don't get me wrong I would probably have ended up self treating in the end

anyway and already planned to start buying my own armour as it will probably

work out cheaper in the long run, but just following the consultant's advice.

I'm just at a loss to understand what exactly is happening here. I followed all

his advice to the letter and seem to have ended up with a damaging letter being

sent to my GP and am now being treated as tho I've ceased to exist.

The trouble is I havent, I am still here!!!!!

I'm in the middle of writing a letter asking for the letter to my GP to be

reissued and replaced with a slightly more accurate and balanced account of what

has occurred, and I guess I'm now going to have to add the query as to why I now

seem to have been left with no tablets and no explanation. It just makes me so

utterly hacked off tho that I have to waste the little energy I have doing that

when I've done nothing wrong, but it feels like if I don't write the letter I'll

be accepting and somehow agreeing to this treatment so I don't have any choice.

Is there actually any requirement for my GP to destroy that letter just because

I've disagreed with it's contents?

I'm trying to book an appointment with Dr Peatfield but the office (in Crawley)

is shut until Monday now so I was just wondering how long it usually takes to

get an appointment with him. I just feel like I need some support, I thought I

had some having got a diagnosis finally but apparently not ; ( I'm also worried

that there's going to be another damaging letter winging it's way to my GP

regarding whatever the reason for not returning my calls and not prescribing me

more tablets is.

I'm not taking it personally anymore (altho it feels personal) because I know I

havent done anything wrong and I'm not going to be made to feel like I have, but

I just wish it could have been handled better. If he had just decided to ignore

me at least I could have just gone elsewhere but now it feels like damage has

been done and I have to try and sort that out instead of spending my time trying

to get well. It all just feels so unnecessary to me, I wanted to have a fresh

start with a new correct diagnosis and go from there leaving all the previous

rubbish I've experienced behind, but it just feels like I'm being given a whole

new heap of rubbish to deal with and for no apparent reason! : ?

Roll on my getting an appointment with Dr Peatfield.....

Bunny

[Guest guest]

Hi , have you considered your consultant might be on

holiday and his office is closed. Many consultants seem to go away at this time

of the year. Even Dr Peatfield's office is closed for holiday, and we can't get

a response from there either, but at least, he has left a message on his phone

to say why he is not there.

Perhaps trying next week again will bring about a response

hopefully.

Sheila

Well he never did call me back - his secretary called about 10 days ago now and

said he would be calling me and he hasn't. I've tried calling them but it just

rings and rings. I ran out of armour officially on Saturday and have heard

absolutely nothing despite sending in a prescription request form and a letter

to say how I was doing so far as requested, so I have now started to take the

supply I bought for myself thanks to the help from this website/forum and have

just had to guess my next dose increase.

[Guest guest]

Re Transport

Most areas have Community Transport Schemes which you can register with if you

are not able to get hospital transport.

The mobility component of DLA is to pay to get to places/or support from someone

- which is made more difficult by the nature of your 'disability'. If you are

not getting this part and think you need it then it is worth asking the

Disability Benefits Unit.

Hope this helps.

[Guest guest]

Hi Bunny

It doesn't surprise me what that dr wrote, i had similar rubbish written in a

letter from gp to private endo, luckily, endo is v open minded and has listened

to my side of the story and agrees there's something wrong. the funny thing is

the gp wrote saying my levels were clearly normal when they were clearly not,

making themselves look an idiot..!

where abouts do you live? Is it really worht seeing him? he sounds rubbish, if

he won't listen to you, misrepresents what you say, and then writes a load of

rubbish to your gp, why pay for that?!?

chris

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hi Bunny, suggest you contact PALS who will help you get your doc problems sorted- this just should not be happening. I'm glad you are doing fine on the Armour protocol written by Dr. P tha is in the files. I know that recently Dr. P has been unwell ( sorry no details) so that may explain why his office has been closed. > thyroid treatment > From: karen.liff@...> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:46:06 +0000> Subject: Re: Totally disillusioned with my Doctor ; (> > Hi All> > Well he never did call me back - his secretary called about 10 days ago now and said he would be calling me and he hasn't. > The trouble is I havent, I am still here!!!!!> > I'm in the middle of writing a letter asking for the letter to my GP to be reissued and replaced with a slightly more accurate and balanced account of what has occurred, and I guess I'm now going to have to add the query as to why I now seem to have been left with no tablets and no explanation. > > I'm trying to book an appointment with Dr Peatfield but the office (in Crawley) is shut until Monday now so I was just wondering how long it usually takes to get an appointment with him. I just feel like I need some support, I thought I had some having got a diagnosis finally but apparently not ; ( I'm also worried that there's going to be another damaging letter winging it's way to my GP regarding whatever the reason for not returning my calls and not prescribing me more tablets is.> > > Roll on my getting an appointment with Dr Peatfield.....> > Bunny> > > > ------------------------------------> > TPA is not medically qualified. Consult with a qualified medical practitioner before changing medication.> >

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Hi Sheila

Nope I hadn't thought of that but then again I think to myself why should I?

Surely if a doctor's office is going to be closed for two weeks they should have

sent me a new prescription, not leave me without tablets I'm meant to take every

day?

I won't be phoning again because to be honest whilst you obviously know who I'm

seeing and this behaviour appears to be out of character, the fact is he IS

treating me like this, it's totally unfair and even if he has helped hundreds of

people, right now he isn't helping me at all. The fact that he has helped

hundreds of other people just makes it feel worse, if I'm honest.

I'm just going to send my letter and hope I can at least get a new letter issued

to my GP so the damage can be counteracted, but I don't really feel that

hopeful. I am also not really hopeful that an amicable solution can be reached,

otherwise I can't see why he would write what he wrote in the first place or not

call me back and leave me in the position he has and thinking what I am. From

my point of view it really isn't looking good and the longer it continues and I

am made to feel like this is making me feel, the less I feel like bothering to

continue or chasing after people. The more it goes on the more I also fear

another letter winging it's way to my GP that is even more damaging than the

last.

I'm also hard of hearing so I really don't feel that even if I do eventually get

to speak to him on the phone, it isn't going to be an effective way of putting

my points across because I have enough trouble hearing on the phone at the best

of times. Of course the fact that I am upset about this isn't going to help

matters and I just feel I can convey my feelings better in a letter. It's also

much easier to delete the swear words in Word before I print the letter than it

is on the phone ; )

Seriously tho I am just tired of it. I have enough nutcases saying things about

me that aren't true without everyone joining in.

Many thanks

Bunny

>

> Hi , have you considered your consultant might be on holiday and his

> office is closed. Many consultants seem to go away at this time of the year.

> Even Dr Peatfield's office is closed for holiday, and we can't get a

> response from there either, but at least, he has left a message on his phone

> to say why he is not there.

>

> Perhaps trying next week again will bring about a response hopefully.

>

> Sheila