Ladies I have read a fair few threads on here of similar stories so thought I would post my issue even tho I am not a mum I hope you can offer opinion's.
I have numerous times in the past had fallout's with the NHS refusing to give me prescription strength painkillers for tooth ache, luckily tho in those case co codamel and ibuprofen (or naproxen) would at least take the edge off.
Well Starting Tuesday last week I started having almost constant head pain and extreme tiredness, even tho was tired I couldnt really sleep for anything more than an hour at a time. Iniotially the main problem was the sleep as headache was mild.
Then Thursday morning I managed 6 hours sleep for the first time in about 3 days, but the tiredness wasnt gone neither the headache. At about 2PM I went to try and have a nap due to the tiredness then suddenly liker a switch was flicked I had extreme headache, easily the worst pain I have ever had. I was already under naproxen as I take it for other health problems so took paracetomal but both of these had absolutely no affect.
My GP surgery refused to give me time to talk to a GP, not even over the phone, their policy? goto A&E.
According to NHS guidelines I qualified for 999 help but rang 111, and they arranged an out of hours gp appointment at my hospital. That doctor examined me and said I needed further help from A&E, after another hour wait the A&E doc seen me and then tried to transfer me to a neurologist but someone overuled him and I was to be transferred to A&E majors instead, I waited 6 hours for this transfer with no pain relief given, in absolute agony. I did observe sitting up vs lieing down the pain eased slightly but only a bit, it was still unbearable.
When I got to majors they did their usual routine (which seems the same no matter what the issue as if its scripted), which was blood tests and blood pressure tests. Was told to wait 90 mins for blood test results, still given no pain relief. After about 40 mins a doc came to see me and asked me questions, he asked the same questions at this point asked 4 times as if these people dont talk to each other. I was then finally given plain relief, but even tho I told them I had already hit the max dosage for 24 hours and it had no affect, guess what they gave me? you guessed it paracetomal and ibuprofen, one wonders what one has to do to get things like morphine. The dosage wasnt higher than over the counter stregth either was 1gram of paracetomal and 2 tablets of ibuprofen. Result no affect.
I ended up having a CT scan which was clean, and after that point (now about 6am) I heard some kind of ward manager pestering my doctor to discharge me, he didnt for another 90 mins whilst also asking me more questions and examining my head, but eventually he got overuled as she sent another doc to discharge me, she was shouting about me so everyone could here almost every 5 minutes "is he gone yet?". He then told to wait whilst he gets some powerful painkillers, I forgot the name but it wasnt the paracteomal or ibuprofen. The other doc came back to ask why I wasnt gone yet (following another shout from the manager) and I said waiting for painkillers. About 30 secs later I heard thi smanager shout "what!!! tell him to go home and take paracetomal, if he doesnt do what you say call security".
At that point I left.
Now is saturday night, pain is still severe, almost constant, and now I keep feeling faint as well. I already complained to the laison service although I expect them to backup their own colleagues.
So I left with no diagnosis other than what was ruled out with CT, and no pain relief.
The NHS is aweful.
I have been thinking given I was there on my own looking rough, unshaven etc. maybe they thought I was some kind fo addict after drugs, but if thats the case they should give people the benefit of the doubt.