Thank you all. I knew you'd be nice about it all.
My Gp has now referred me to next local hospital. Which is fine, but it means I now have to wait to be seen there. Plus I'm not happy that it lets local hospital off the hook - they've been so shit, but instead of forcing that them to address that, we now let them off completely, because in desperation we've been forced to refer me elsewhere. How is that ok?
I have now been given gabapentin. I asked GP twice based on this thread but was refused.
I saw an ACP. Then a Consulting Physio. He said paracetamol. I asked him : Is that it? Told him I've already been on paracetamol and anti inflammatories for 5+ months. But this is what I can't accept and even the suggestion of taking gabapentin. I can't accept that as a long-term option. he just completely dismissed me and said I'm going to refer you to osteoporosis clinic. but my GP said was that's fine but they're referring you to osteoporosis clinic because you do have osteopenia.
But said the GP said we also need to examine why you have broken your back into places - you have broken your back in L5. and another break in L1 last year. Why have you broken your back in two places in a short period?
why are you so susceptible to the fractures. is your osteopenia getting worse. neither the ACP, nor the physio, addressed anything. he sent me away, telling me to take paracetamol, has offered me any solutions, no diagnosis, no suggestion of what to do.
I'm 50. I'm hunched over stooping like an 80-year-old. I can't do normal functions : I can't walk more than 20 m. I can't take the washing out of the washing machine; I can't hang it out. I can't cook because I can't stir for more than a few me minutes. I can't do anything. I'm 50. my hips and my my knees are suddenly hurting because I'm probably overcompensating.
and the answer to this is to take paracetamol? what for the rest of my life?
he said he thought it was just mechanical pain, but now I've looked that up. Apparently that's a very old-fashioned diagnosis they used to give for 90% of back pain. but they shouldn't be giving it any more because they now have better resources and better imaging and better investigative procedures to find out exactly what the proper problem is, rather than just dismissing it as a general mechanical back pain, so I'm going to tell him that and tell him I'm not happy with that.
but we need to find out why this has all happened and what's causing it and what I can do to make it better. I don't want to take gabapentin long-term, you're not supposed to take it long-term. and you're not supposed to take paracetamol long-term and I I don't think that's a solution. It is not an answer. I want to know what is actually wrong and how to make it better I'm only 50 I need to know what's wrong and how to solve it.
I've got 4 complaints with Surrey heartlands, complaints, pals, my mp. I'm getting nowhere. It's been nearly 6 months since I fell. Which classifies it as long term and chronic.