Re: the deeps joys of the uk national health
From: Mel (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 25 Apr 2002 10:40:55 -0500 (CDT)
Hi
Some GP's are really great in the UK but they tend to be younger ones.
My GP was extremely supportive and sent me to see a specialist who
perscribed Met. Once I had seen him (i had to go privately) and he said
yes met was the path to take my gp perscribed it, and i now have my
tests done to moniter my progress at my gp's and speak to my specialist
on the phone with my results , as he is trying to save us money! If your
GP is lacking in compassion try to find a more open mimded one, i know
easier said than done.
Whre are you based Maggie? If you are near me i can run some gp names
past you, just drop me a mail direct to
melanie.poxon@slough.gov.uk
Dont give up there are some great docs out there once you wade through
the old dinasors!
Take great care
--
Mel
At Thu, 25 Apr 2002, mags wrote:
>
>Hey!
>I'm 24 and soon to be 25 and NOT READY TO HAVE CHILDREN! But I was told the same thing. No point in even taking birth control unless I'm sexually active.
>How am I suppose to get active if I can't get a date with a werewolf face and more than enough booty to spare!??? (And this was the best Dr. I've seen yet)
>I wish you all the luck finding someone terrific. We all deserve that in a Dr.
>sincerely, maggie.
>
>>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Isabella)
>>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS
>>Subject: Re: the deeps joys of the uk national health
>>Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 09:34:18 -0500
>>
>>Hi Suzy,
>>I can so sympathise with you over this, as this was the initial reaction
>>I got from my NHS GP. Luckily I have private medical insurance and got
>>seen by a good gynea who put me on Metformin. In all it took about 5
>>months to get any sort of answer/treatment from anybody, but this was
>>after years of feeling dreadful and being told by a whole host of GPs
>>that 'its just something that some women have to put up with dear' -
>>GRRRRRR! And they still won't admit the tiredness & migraines have
>>anything to do with it! But they have greatly improved since I went on
>>the Met, so I'd go back to the doctors and request it if I were you. And
>>if they say no, go to another doctor. I'm afraid I live in South West
>>London, so I can't recommend you to my Mr Ross, because he's too far
>>away, but I hope you get some help soon. In the meantime, there's a
>>book called PCOS (cunning!) that's by Colette Harris & Adam Carey that'
>>packed full of useful information, on hormones, diet, medication, stress
>>- everything. I got mine from Amazon. Hope this helps! iZ xx
>>
>>At Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Suzy wrote:
>> >
>> >hiya, this is probably more rant than anything else. I was told by my
>> >lovely doctor today that, a. I would only get treatment (of any kind)
>> >for my PCOS if I wanted to get pregrnant, I should lose weight (even
>> >though I tried ot ask for help with this, there was none, even though
>> >I'm craving carbs 24/7) and that my severe fatigue is possibly caused by
>> >my imagination or my beta blockers, so I have to choose crippling
>> >migrains or the fatigue and get on with my life. Neddless to say I'm
>> >now looking for a new doctor. The really sucky thing is, I've only got
>> >a few weeks left of my uni course, and there is nothing I can do, My dad
>> >is insisting that I move back in with him because I dont look after
>> >myself, and the life that I'm supposed to get back to has completely
>> >dissapeared after being constantly fatigued/migrains for a year. I
>> >don't know who they think they are... it was really quite unbelievable.
>> >So I'm now on the endless search for a good doctor, so if anyone has any
>> >ideas about doctors in Scotland... please e-mail me, I'm even getting
>> >to the stage where I'm prepared to move to a new area simply to get a
>> >good one.
>> >
>> >my sympathy to everyone else out there who has an ignorant, and
>> >unbelievably rude doctor.
>> >
>> >Suzanne
>>
>>--
>>Isabella Cullen
>>London - UK
>>
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