Surely they can't keep passing me to the other with no one actually investigating the problem?!
About a month ago I had an issue with my throat. It was a recurrence where I get a pea sized lump at the back of my throat (same site) and I phone for a dr appointment, am given an appointment with minor ailments nurse who tells me it will ease on its own and then I go back in a couple of days in agony with a raging infection. This time is was so bad they had to consult with the ENT dept in the hospital and I had to go there. Seen by three ent drs who think it's a retention cyst and gave me strong antibiotics and a promise for a follow up appointment in 3-4 weeks. Appointment came through for 6 weeks (in Covid times I thought I'd just go with that) So the appointment is now the week after next.
Last weekend I noticed on the Friday that the inside of my mouth was swollen. No pain. No redness. But all of the inside of my cheeks were swollen. Phoned out of hours, saw dr who gave me more of the strong antibiotics despite not being able to tell where the infection was. Told to go back to gp if it hadn't cleared or improved in a few days. Went back to the gp as no improvement (incidentally I take my last dose of co amoxiclav today and it still hasn't even improved one bit). They tried to palm me off on minor ailments again but I insisted on gp. GP told me that it looks normal. I pointed out that I'm 40 and that my mouth has never once looked like this and that every time I speak or eat I feel like I'm chewing on my face. So whilst it looks 'normal' it isn't for me. On my way out he suggested that I should see my dentist. So the lovely lady in the dentist fitted me in that morning. Dentist looked and told me that my teeth etc are all fine and that it isn't anything to do with the teeth and therefor I should go back to my doctor (as I expected to be honest as whilst it's in my mouth it's more the inside of my face iyswim)
I was a bit upset and phoned the gp to ask if I could have a blood work up. The receptionist there told me that that as it's something to do with my mouth it's nothing to do with them and that I need to go to my dentist 🤦🏼♀️
I finally got them to agree to the blood test after ending up breaking down crying in anger and frustration on the phone that they both are paying me off on each other and no one can be bothered to look into it. So now I'm waiting for my blood test. And my ENT follow up in the hope that they will take me seriously and at least look into why this is like it is. In the meantime, by then I'll have had a really swollen mouth for almost 3 weeks, being told it's normal when it's not for me!
Surely I'm not being unreasonable to think that the dentist/doctors pass the parcel isn't right. Has anyone else had this?
Thanks for making it to the end-didn't mean for it to be so long but didn't want to dripfeed!