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I had a meltdown at the GP surgery

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helpimitchy · 07/09/2016 12:51

Angry

There is an outbreak of scabies at work (residential care home). Everyone is in denial Hmm I picked it up from one of the residents and passed it on to dh and the dcs. Dh and I are furious about it as it's incredibly horrible to have and it's cost us a fortune in lost income (I was on the sick for two weeks) and extra electricity for washing and all the cleaning we've done.

The nurse practitioner who visits the home refuses to treat for scabies and is pretending it's just a run of the mill skin irritation. None of the other staff have caught it........yet. I've caught it three times now because I'm run down due to the stress of being autistic.

I started with the intense itchiness the day before yesterday and realised that I've re-caught it. Visited the GP with dh this morning and the fucker wouldn't listen to me Angry started going on about not having a tracking rash between my fingers etc. This actually only occurs in around 20% of people infested and often doesn't occur because of frequent hand washing which I have to do as part of my job and my general cleanliness routine.

He wanted to know why I keep catching it and is it something else? I'm run down and have very close contact with the clients. How hard is that to understand ffs. Dh and the dcs caught it, it's hardly going to be 'something else' if they caught it.

I felt myself start to lose it and grabbed my keys and phone and said I had to leave now. I managed to get a script for some insecticide and antihistamines.

I hate, hate, hate being treated like this and not listened to. Fucking patronising git he was. Damn work not listening to me either. Sticking their heads in the sand and treating me as though I'm stupid. It's descended into a battle of wills between me and the nurse practitioner. I work nightshift and never see her, but of course everyone knows I'm just a crank........a crank who's never wrong of course Hmm

I think I'm going to have to leave my job due to this Sad when dh caught it, he developed a secondary bacterial infection on his leg and I was worried about this.

I don't know what the hell to do. I don't want to have to leave my job.

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MagicalRealist · 08/09/2016 18:35

Can you ask to see another doctor and get a second opinion? It sounds incredibly frustrating Shock

MagicalRealist · 08/09/2016 18:38

It does seem that if you're an anxious person (which goes with ASD) then everything you say is treated with scepticism by some professionals. Like because you struggle with some things like sensory processing and communication, you've therefore got no concept of reality.

MagicalRealist · 08/09/2016 18:40

It's like being gaslighted all the time, by everybody. Huge sympathies anyway, I hope the scabies is better soon.

helpimitchy · 10/09/2016 19:06

Thanks, you're kind Smile

I just know they think I'm a crank and will have been talking about me behind my back Sad

Skin has settled down now.

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