I first spoke to my doctors on 11th May about crippling pains in my lower left hand side. First I spoke to a locum who gave me morphine and antibiotics. The next week I phoned again and spoke to different doctor. He said stop with the morphine but continue with antibiotics and gave me some lactulose, despite me saying I wasn't constipated.
This continued for 3 weeks till I requested a different doctor.
Different doctor finally took me off the antibiotics and prescribed tablets for bowel spasms and some senna, again despite me saying I am not constipated.
Last week I had blood taken and gave poo samples.
However, all this time the crippling pain has continued. It occurs every few days and really floors me. I can't function properly when it hurts so much. All I can do is take codeine, use a hot water bottle and take a warm bath. But I can't keep this up indefinitely, it's exhausting me and messing up my life as I don't know from one day to the next if I am going to be in pain.
The pain is also making me irritable (poor DH) and unable to work.
My boss and HR have been sympathetic so far, i was signed off for 2 weeks when this first started but not since. Currently working from home and work accept that I work as and when I can.
But this can't carry on, what do I do?
Doctor just says no point referring me as wait is so long, but I would be 6 weeks in to that if they had referred in the first place! I feel helpless and fobbed off. All but one appointment with doctor has been over the phone, which really doesn't help either. But I don't seem to be able to make them see how bad this is and how much it is impacting me.
Am I being unreasonable to feel fobbed off?