Thank You
What started out as a fairly innocuous visit to the GP yesterday afternoon ended up in a four hour stint at the A&E department of our local hospital.
In a bid to ease my husband’s current position, either by medication or a sick note for work, we went to the doctor together, but unfortunately she was fairly clueless. Very nice, but clueless.
Two hours, several phone calls, and a couple of dog-eared magazines later, she had referred us to the general surgeon on call at the hospital.
What an amazing guy he turned out to be.
After blood and urine tests, x-rays, poking, prodding and in depth questioning, and with theories ranging from kidney stones to TB (yes, TB), we are still no nearer the cause of his illness. We now await appointments for an ultrasound and a haematologist to hopefully shed some light on the situation.
The thing that amazed me was the surgeon's attitude towards us. Surrounded by seemingly awful working conditions, he was bright, enthusiastic and personable. He was clearly competent, to say the least, but he also genuinely cared about our plight.
Amid the fiascos and controversy which often surround the running of the NHS, we shouldn’t forget about some of the incredible people who help us when we need it most. From the depths of my secret blog I'd like to send out a respectful thank you to all of those people.
In a bid to ease my husband’s current position, either by medication or a sick note for work, we went to the doctor together, but unfortunately she was fairly clueless. Very nice, but clueless.
Two hours, several phone calls, and a couple of dog-eared magazines later, she had referred us to the general surgeon on call at the hospital.
What an amazing guy he turned out to be.
After blood and urine tests, x-rays, poking, prodding and in depth questioning, and with theories ranging from kidney stones to TB (yes, TB), we are still no nearer the cause of his illness. We now await appointments for an ultrasound and a haematologist to hopefully shed some light on the situation.
The thing that amazed me was the surgeon's attitude towards us. Surrounded by seemingly awful working conditions, he was bright, enthusiastic and personable. He was clearly competent, to say the least, but he also genuinely cared about our plight.
Amid the fiascos and controversy which often surround the running of the NHS, we shouldn’t forget about some of the incredible people who help us when we need it most. From the depths of my secret blog I'd like to send out a respectful thank you to all of those people.
1 Comments:
Amen, sister! :)
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