Posted 5/26/2011 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
I hope this post is allowed?
Just trying to spread some awareness of what is going on out there
Funny, when you step through the docs door, knowing my circumstances and asks.:.......what can i do for you. A diagnosis and treatment of lyme would be great please!
No chance of that, especially today.
Instead, i found myself on the receiving end of total ignorance.
My lovely, helpful, understanding, compassionate, doctor (not) read me the riot act. Apparently I need to accept the fact that I don't have Lyme Disease, I need to realise that, whatever symptoms i think i have are been amplified by my OCD, they apparently are not as bad as I think they are. The fact that my ELISA result came back negative, proves that i can't possibly have Lyme.
I have now been refused any further help concerning tests, and i should stop dwelling on the notion of Lyme........I have been offered something though; a psychiatric assessment, yep that's right.
Obviously, I stormed out of my surgery, muttering words such as POLITICAL, PROTOCOLS, FUNDING, DUTY OF CARE, ON YOUR CONSCUENCE.
I was told that.......us doctors only have a small amount of funds available, we have protocols put in place that we have to follow, our funds don't cater for this type of thing.
I am now certain that in the UK, our health service is governed solely by money.
You are very fortunate if you find a GP who is willing to break free of the shackles and give you the duty of care all of us deserve.
I'm hoping that those who find themselves wasting so much valuable time trying to convince doctors, and getting no where, STOP. Explore all your options, but don't be hasty, don't be fooled into believing everything.
If your reading any of the posts on this forum, then you have already made positive steps.
Listen to the people who have been there, take the knowledge they share and use it to get better.
I hope that soon, I will be on the road to recovery, and a positive story will follow.
I am thinking of you all.