GPS getting things wrong!

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Its concerning me how GPS take a guess on health and often miss vital things.

The last couple of years since having children. I've not felt the same. My energy levels are shocking. I'm never tired in my eyes and it's not a sleepy thing. My body gets so weak!!! Three times I told a male go I was feeling weak and wobbly. When I go out I end up going weak. He told me I sounded anxious. The next time I mentioned it to a female gp she gave me a CBT card. I walked away thinking I don't feel anxious. If I do sometimes it's because I don't like going weak when I'm on the school run etc. I certainly didn't feel anxious about going about my daily life and stuff. It was starting to get me down (along with heavy periods) I went back. She took some bloods. Told me it's normal to feel some anxiety in life. I was starting to get heart palpitations at this point sat at home on the sofa relaxed! Anyway my bloods came back. She said you have no iron reserves. No wonder your feeling weak! All that time I had anemia and they wanted to label it as anxiety.

Anyway something worse has happened since. My friend's been going to the Dr for 2 years with a sore on her skin. The gp kept saying it was a fungal infection and giving her cream. It was finally noticed by another doctor checking something else. He said that needs a biopsy and he told her it looked cancerous. He was correct she had skin cancer. He was absolutely disgusted at the gp for prescribing cream for it that shouldn't of been used on it. She has 3 children and is 28 years old!

I'm not saying all GPS are bad. In fact alot of them are really thorougher. But it's getting scary now how easily they get things wrong.

I have terrible health anxiety because doctors have made a lot of mistakes with me over my life, including an 11 year misdiagnosis for a kidney condition that needed urgent surgery in the end and nearly ended in me having the kidney removed , it left me in constant pain and unable to enjoy being a kid, my mother was just always told my gps when she took me ALOT that she was a fussy mum. it's actually fairly crippling and worries me all the time for when something really serious is wrong with me :(

I felt dreadful for years (like I was dying and had zero energy). Kept going for blood tests every few months and always told everything was completely normal and I have health anxiety.
A few years later I saw another doctor who did the same blood tests and flagged up that I have been anaemic for a few years now according to previous results. Started taking high strength iron tablets and feel SO much better. I’m furious that most of my twenties were ruined by not getting the correct diagnosis and always being fobbed off.

It's worrying they tell you anxiety all the time because that's also what I get told, but they have done blood tests and mris for me and stuff and always come back ok- and most of the time I feel normal I just get the odd spell every few years of feeling awful, I bet there is something wrong with me and that gives me big anxiety! I don't know at what point you just have to give in and trust them!

I've had so many problems. I always want 2nd and 3rd opions I get funny looks now when I go in. And Dr being sarcastic as I leave. But for a good reason. I had really bad chest infection kept getting antibiotics I would go back say it's worse they tell me take this new antibiotics and paracetamol. Didn't lintend to my chest or anything. One day dr takes my pulse rushes me to hospital where I nearly died life support surgery. I had gall stones from a young age never scanned or anything would do bloods say my liver wrong repeat urban fine. So I was in agony unabless to move finally in my late 20s someone convinced me to go to Dr I had gallstones blocking my liver. There.are others that have happened to me but the list would go on. 😕

It's shocking how many GP's don't link anxiety/anemia. They do tend to go hand in hand somewhat but they miss the anemia aspect. A friend had the same issue. It's taken a long road to get her iron levels back.

I should prob stop watching this threat it's sending my health anxiety through the roof 🤣

My aunt was diagnosed with lung cancer last year. Had 2 different types bizarrely, 1 in each lung. Had 1/3 of each removed about 10 months ago.

4 months ago she started having abdominal pains, weight loss, lack of appetite. Went to GP 3 times before they even did some bloods. Liver enzymes through the roof. Told her she was drinking too much. Stop drinking, we will retest. Results higher. Told we don't believe you have stopped drinking, will do a retest.

Went through the same perfomance 3 times. Eventually nurse doing some more bloods was concerned enough to book her an emergency appointment with GP next day. GP asked why she was there. Aunt said concerned with symptoms and blood work I have cancer again. Was told 'I can't possibly refer every patient that is overly anxious and believes Dr Google over a qualified GP to have expensive and unnecessary tests'.

3 days later aunt bringing up blood, rushed to hospital, in for 4 days and they have found a 7mm lesion in her liver, looking increasingly likely to be cancerous. Consultants at hospital furious, said she should have been referred at the first blood test and he is making his own investigations.

Friend had high white blood cells for 2 ywars with family history of leukaemia. Only just started investigating.

Sister went 3 times with a lump in her neck. Was told it was because she was run down, diagnosed with thyroid cancer 6 months later.

Niece had about 12 seizures from age 12 months to 3. The last 2 seizures resulted in life support after being put into a medically induced coma. Persistently fobbed off by GP as being prone to fertile convulsions.

DH, back and forwards to GP for 4 years with high BP. Was told eventually he had white coat syndrome. 3 months later he had a heart attack due to blocked arteries and had 2 stents fitted.

Also DH, back and forwards with stomach pains, intermittent diarrhoea, vomiting. Told IBS. He had diverticulitis. An abscess ruptured, his bowel burst and the only reason he is still alive is because the pain from his burst appendix caused a hospital admission.

I fully support the NHS. But you need to be able to fight for yourself and your family sometimes. If something doesn't add up you need to push. If any of my dcs or dh have symptoms that are of something nasty or something doesn't add up I will be prepared to get 2nd, 3rd and 4th opinions if necessary.

I'm 48 and have two children. None of this is been my experience at all.

Yes there are poor GPs but there a many more doing their job properly. Some of these tales are downright scaremongering

I think gps are so pressured to get through all these appointments they are given that they just jump to a quick and easy conclusion, I’ve been before where the gp just didn’t listen to me at all and I even had to ask him to check breathing because he’d forgot I’d even mentioned it, not like I had a massive list, that was only 1 out of 2 issues. I know it’s bad but I’ve genuinely been able to self diagnose more on google then doctors have been able to and have got it wrong, I appreciate they can’t know the ins and out of every problem but they should definitely do a little research on the subject during the appointment.