I'm inching closer and closer to having my hip problem resolved.
I waited for a referal for an xray and blood test.
I waited for the results - not aided by the fact that they had lost them, then assured me that they were clear.
I waited for the problem to get better based on the assurance that things were clear.
I waited for a referal to physio when I went back to the GP after a year of waiting to improve. (12 weeks waiting list)
I tried 12 rounds of physio appointments, which made my symptoms worse - so they referred me back to the hospital. I waited 9 weeks for that appt.
The hospital triage person referred me BACK to the same physio dept. After 5 weeks I went to see them to be told that their standard waiting list was no longer 12 weeks, but 18. They did find me a quicker appt once I asked whether I needed to be on that list as I'd only just been sent away from them, only to be sent straight back.
I tried another set of physio appointments before the new guy realised that yes, it was making it worse.
He referred me to a consultant for a scan. Another 12 weeks or more.
He said I didn't need a scan and told me what the problem was and that I would have steroid injection, followed by keyhole surgery.
That was 4 weeks ago and I'm waiting for my letter to book the injection. Then there will be another 8 or more weeks before they decide on whether to put me n for the injection.
This isn't a complaint, per se. Just resignation to how-things-are.
And it's the reason that, when I developed trigeminal neuralgia recently, I paid privately to get to see my neurologist within 2 days, not 26 weeks and to have my MRI in 2 weeks, not another 2 months.
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Waiting, waiting, waiting.
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2kidsintow · 24/03/2014 21:20
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