Bloody NHS !!!!

[Gareth-71]

Hi All

Thought I would share my little amusing tale of woe ... :)

Took the day off Friday to build some helis and spend the afternoon with my son, Luke. Anyway about 2pm I started to get ear ache, by 5pm I was climbing the walls in pain, so went to see my GP at 6pm. By the time I got there I was in a LOT of pain. Anyway, whilst I was in with GP, my ear drum burst (apparently from pressure from an infection I picked up the week before)and I was shaking with the pain, anyway the 76yr old GP paniced and injected me with something - he then did a rather amusing tap dance, stopped and said to me "when someone is in the driving seat, what happens when you disturb them?"
Eh???? WTF you talking about doc? ...... So he said "Well I injected you with the wrong stuff and I will get an ambulance immediately" ---- WHATTTTT ????

Anyway, after a long a very painful night in Medway hospital I came home, got no sleep and was taken back to hospital this morning.

I am sat here with my ear ringing like F*** and blood and shit oozing out non stop.... and in a lot of pain...

Oh and I am walking around like a drunk because now my balance has gone.....

Still don't know what the silly sod injected me with, everyone is keeping quiet - I am also probably pregnant now....

Gareth

[waveydavey]

Amusing! Where? Bloody hell mate.

[simon1]

90% of GP's are dangerous in my opinion, that is shocking really. Hope its sorted for you soon, bit of a bummer that is.

[Swashbuckler]

Holy sh!t.

Er an infection you picked up a week ago? oops sorry.

Hope you get well soon mate.

[callum]

What the **** was that doc on?

[moonmanflyer]

Well thats a case to sue if i ever heard it.
Sorry to hear Gareth and i hope you feel better soon mate

[asomaro]

Jesus mate, not good. The NHS has been very good for me and mine but sounds like you got a bum deal. Hope you recover soon, all the best mate.

Cheers,

[Rctintin]

That sure must have hurt! I got plankton in my ear and it became infected while diving in the Maldives, god that was pain, like someone was stabbing me in the ear with a sharp pin.:ack2:

Good luck mate, hope you get better soon, and that injection.......you are going to grow man boobs now!!

[Britflyer]

Hope you get things sorted mate.

I have Tinnitus - a ringing in my left ear 24/7 !!

And no its not due to the miss' nagging me about buying more helis! :D


Paul

[trillian]

Damn, that sounds horiffic. It's very scary to think one day we might be fine, doing everyday things we take for granted and then the next everything can be turned upside down.

'Hope you make a complete and speedy recovery (and get a new GP :( ).

[Jamin_00]

**** me sideways.

Down to see the lawyer on tuesday me thinks ;)

As long as you got your balance back for Monday so you can fly, nu **** it, as long as you can drive to PMHC with your Srimok e all is good baby yea :D


Seriously though, hope you get sorted soon

And as for the NHS, dont get me started and thats why I pay £75 to see my Doc everytime cos that get you sorted properly, its a sorry situation when you have to pay for it to get treated properly and in a timely fashion also!!!

[speedy jon]

hope you make a quick recovery.
its got to be scary hearing your doc saying that.

will you ear heal up?

[SteveH39]

In defense of the NHS, my daughter has needed a lot of work since she was born and apart from a few extended waiting times for checkups, when she was really poorly and required surgery they pulled out all the stops.

I think it's a case of who you get on the day, GP's do tend to be a little bit "viral infection sir, take antibiotics for 5 days and come back", but when it really mattered they literally saved her life for which I am eternally grateful.

[Jamin_00]

For kiddies and babies I agree they are a lot better than for us adults.

Alison only tries the normal GP first with our 2 kiddies and 90% of the time they are ok if not we then go to mine but it should not be like this :(

[Birdie4x4]

What an earth is a 76 year old doing still praticing, our health and lives are at stake here.
As far as the NHS is concerned I cant fault them, I have been having treatment since February and up to now they have been exelent, ( wish it was over though Chemo is awfull).
Hope the pain eases and you get well soon.