Seeing that story about the man who could have died from his stroke and was fobbed
off has prompted me to recall all the horrible memories of my saga with our local
hospital in 2010 and 2011.
Now, i have no issues with the doctors and nursing staff who did trully try to help.
There are very good staff there and if your illness is straight forward generally you
are on a winner with good care. But look out if its not easy.The staff who cared know
who they are...in particular one Dr who tried hard but even he ended up pondering
in the end if i had mental issues. I do not blame him but would it have hurt him to
refer me to a specialist? Because i did not fit in a simple normal box and my
serious illness did not have a eureka moment scan to find it,,ie undectable on
images, that was it...i must be after medecines or a nut. What else could you feel.
At one stage my husband overheard one nurse state about me that her baby gets
collic whats her problem. Well, billiary colic is actually not the same thing and its
excrucating...on par with child birth and stones in your ducts. Both of which i have
also endured. I'd rather give birth thanks.
I had to go private finally and the PA sorted me out with a stent. It turns out my pesty attacks that i was fobbed of and laughed at over were actually pancreatic attacks of varying degrees. Very serious. i am most angry that before this they tried to claim in some notes it was their idea to go private. but this was only after i had already done so.
I was turning yellow, severe pain, vomiting and at its worst could not keep food or
liquid down for a week. My liver levels were 8 times higher than normal.
I know things are tight, and staffing is tight and they do their best and there are
nuts who want drugs but when you are really ill does it hurt to refer if you dont
know what it is rather than label everyone as nuts? I am still very angry over this
issue and will never forgive them. My condition is called Sphincter of Oddi dyskensia
and i was told after the stent i should be ok for an unknown time. I told the dr at
warwick this and my notes said...she believes a procedure will fix her...well...only
because the specialist told me this.
Also in 2011 i was laughed at for weird symptoms which turned out to be a severe
drug reaction callled a dystonic reaction. i had several attacks of this too until i
had a rather severe one in front of them and they finally worked it out, and sorted it, my husband said they gathered around because theyd heard of it but never seen it. Goodo nanna!!! ( a dear lady i know taught me this charming phrase...cheers rhonda , its very apt hereXXX)
Well, ive made it to now so well its not funny...it was life changing but in the last
few weeks i have had two collic attacks which i am keeping an eye on.
I have learnt two things from my ordeal.
I refuse to go to hospital unless it worsens i will be going straight to my trusted gp
first and nowhere near WBH because i am trully scared to go back there if i am sick
with this again, and two, happy to go there with straight forward things.

I attended antenatal there in 2012 two years ago jointly with my local gp also.
Beautuful service from all.

The moral? Trust yourself first and foremost. Its your body, and you know when its
not right. keep knocking on doors until its sorted. Find a good local gp like mine and trust in them. My gp knows my conditions and knows my family and myself. We are lucky.