AIBU to be annoyed with the NHS that they misdiagnosed me at my colposcopy??

[Onlyrainbows]

While visiting my family abroad, I've taken the opportunity to get some second opinions on a couple of my conditions... Both of them need completely different treatment but what really annoys me is that during my colposcopy thy missed a huge section with severe abnormalities. And that was on the 10th of May so it's not like it just showed up. I need urgent surgery that can't wait the 12 months that the NHS is telling me to wait. So am I being unreasonable for being annoyed with them? PS if anybody knows if ways to convince them that I need the surgery rather than having to fly back over here I'm all ears

If you are soon to be 60, you might want to rethink your slavish love for the NHS. Another few years and you will be left in a corridor to die. And it serves you right.

What a lovely thing to say. And completely untrue!!

Probably differences between healthcare providers then. I'm in Scotland which according to some is better. The dreary saga of the pneumonia is that I visited my GP twice, wasn't diagnosed, went to A&E, diagnosed by x ray and given penicillin, after a week I was worse, back to GP, GP was dismissive, collapsed at home, ambulance to hospital, admitted and on intravenous antibiotics as it wasn't responding to penicillin.

I did have a kidney stone, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary were very nice but their practice is not to remove them but to catheterise instead. I got surgery because I had private health insurance.

And I've heard that the policy of some health trusts is only to ever offer one cataract surgery. Yes, of course its better to have only one done at a time, but some trusts will only ever offer one.

I'm really envious of SoonToBeSixty getting knee surgery within 6 weeks. It took me 5 months of complaining to even get an MRI scan to diagnose what turned out to be a stress fracture. I now have a complication from that and they won't offer surgery and basically told me to go away and take up knitting. Again, I'm having to pay privately although I am trying to get a second NHS opinion. It has to be approved by my healthtrust and I've been waiting weeks for them to do it.

You put someone with pneumonia on a plane?

You need to be more accurate. I didn't say that the cataracts were in Edinburgh. However, yes that is what happened to me at ERI. I was in for a week, they gave me lithotripsy but made it quite clear to me that they would not offer surgery and the "solution" was to catheterise. After which, up to a year, you would be "reviewed".

And you have heard? There is all kind of nonsense said on the internet.

No way. Is there a particular interest you have such a keen interest in defending the NHS? Bit of a conflict of interest here, is there?

Quote didn’t work. That was in response to this. I’m surprised someone with life threatening pneumonia was either allowed on or ok during a flight. Sounds odd.

@Onlyrainbows how old are you? Nhs protocol is often to adopt a wait and watch approach with cervical changes even in more severe cases in younger women because they often resolve themselves without the need for invasive, sometimes fertility changing treatments.
also, you say a grade 2, that is a moderate change, not a severe one. Unless the stages are different in whatever country you are in.
Im not saying you shouldn’t get this checked out again (or even have the surgery abroad if you want to) but it doesn’t necessarily mean anything was missed, it could just be different protocols.

She read the biopsy and it was missed as they didn't mention that quadrant (1o'clock was mentioned but the HSIL is located between 4-7o'clock).

The oncologist did mention it we used different nomenclature (American) but that my lesions were by no means low grade /moderate/ mild.

How do you get free surgery then out of interest

Here? Free healthcare is a constitutional right. Being a citizen grants me healthcare.

sorry didnt realise you were dual nationality

So how old are you? If they asked to see you in a year, then they obviously did flag something. Routine colposcopy is every 3 years. A yearly recall is a watch and wait scenario.

I'm 38 and actually would be more than happy with a hysterectomy. In fact that would be my preference.

BTW they did flag something, just couple of notches below on the "severity scale".