Pocket duties for chris7

tillytop

Hello Cris

Late as always, but just to say really hope you things have gone well for you today.

Thinking of you,

Love Tilly xxx

dorcas

Hi Chris,

Hope the appointment went well.... thinking of you and wondering how you got on.

Iris xxxx

barbara12

Chris
I am still thinking about you my love, and sending all the good vibes I have.
Love
Barbara xx

frogmorton

Chris

I am hoping you are ok and just absorbing all the information.

I will wait patiently for you to fill us in I do hope all is well.

Love

Toni xx

(sorry about the squashed brie butty :oops: )

dreamdaisy

I hope you are OK. Thinking of you. DD

annie_mial

I also hope that all is well. Getting a little anxious now.

Annie

chris7

Bless you all

Regret today was a non event and I am gutted. :x
Consultants nurse apologised that he was running late but that HE would see us in appointment order. Didn't bother to mention that he wasn't actually in the building or was seeing only selected people. I certainly never saw him.

Finally called at 12 :shock: my appointment was 9.50. Waited in a room for another 10mins before someone I didn't know wondered in. He didn't even bother to sit down. Says the recent bad days were due to the weather! When I asked how much I had to put up with before the arther wins he asked only if the pain woke me in the night. It doesn't.

Looked at the xrays from 6 months ago and said yes OA severe in both hips but then dismissed me to come back in a year. :shock: Or to phone sooner if I need too because I WILL know when I need on op?? Clearly I don't and need advise on this as am now worried it can be left too late.

Never asked anything about my circumstances or meds. I felt like a fly being swatted away and fear this is one of the ways our Local HA is saving the 13 million is has to in the next 3 years. To hell with patient care. If they can walk get them out the door and off our lists.

I now realise I was ready to seriously discuss on op and now feel very let down and somewhat of a fraud! Whoever he was he didn't even stick around to watch me limp away.

Thanks Ange and Cris for the texts, I know your signal naff Lynn and you will not have got mine until midnight. :?
Thanks Barbara, DD, Iris, Ironic for the recent emails and pms I will get back to you when I can think straight as not sure what to do now.

Thanks again for all the support here, forgive me for getting back to you all so late. To say I am angry and disappointed is a slight understatement but bless you for caring.

love and hugs to you all ((((( )))))
Chris who is feeling a complete fraud.

dreamdaisy

How absolutely scandalous. I don't know what to say (well, I do, but don't want to be banned.) I am so sorry, chris7. You have been failed very badly by the very people who should be there with help, advice and information. Rest assured on one thing tho: YOU ARE NOT A FRAUD. And that isn't me shouting, that's me stressing a point. Je suis dismayed. DD

minky67

Hi Chris,I dont know what to say :shock:
I think you could ring secertary to ask her whats going on. Im not sure how things work when stuff goes wrong, sorry.
One thing i do know is your not a fraud & how dare they make you feel like that :x
Im sure you have had enough for now with the build up of making your mind up with what to do for the best & your work issues
Sending ((((((hugs)))))) & im sure someone will be along that knows what to do :oops: Im not good with stuff like this as im a bit thick
Luv debs

roses1

Hi Chris,

sorry you had a rotten app , you are not a fraud you are suffering and are worried and concerned for your health!
Ring consultants secretary and explain you need to see him asap
you need to discuss things and didnt get the chance as he wasnt there! Tell her it is urgent! you cant possibly wait a year!

Good luck with the phone call tomorrow! dont let it wait, you have waited long enough! sometimes we have to be more assertive whats the worst that can happen? you still may have to wait a couple months for app so get it done quickly!
Hope this helps you

take care

Rose x

skezier

hi Chris,

i am sorry it was so rubbish and think the phoning the secretary is still all you can do. you can't wait a year and you do need to see him as well.

hope your asleep and that you satay warm and have a decent day tomorrow. love and [[[]]] Cris xxx

frogmorton

Oh Chris

Je suis tres tres devastated

What an awful thing to happen when you were reday and psyched up like that :x

I agree with Cris - year is WAY WAY too long.

If I were you though I would bawl and bawl and mutter and bawl and give it a week or so THEN get another appt this timewith the main man. This can be done.

HUGE hugs

for you

Love

Toni xx

annie_mial

How dismaying it all is.........but I agree with the others, ring the secretary and tell her that you are disappointed, need further advice and all the rest, i.e. you were prepared to discuss the operation which the rheumy had said you would require.

If you can't get the words out, just scream, sob and rant on the phone...........that'll get the message out too!

Love
Annie

skezier

hi Chris,

hope the duvet has claimed you for a bit today and leaving you some mud infested one handed [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] love Cris who wishes things were easier for you xxx

elnafinn

Aw Dear Chris, You must feel devastated and yet you still sent me a pm to see how how I was. Bless. You most definitely must not wait a year. That is ridiculous. Wherever did they find this person that wandered into the room for your "appointment"......

You must get another appointment because in actual fact you had no appointment at all, did you, but a complete and utter waste of your time. I would phone his secretary for one. If she says that you only had one yesterday, then you must reply that the one you supposedly had can never be counted as a consultation because there was none at all. I would call asap whilst your "non appointment" is fresh in your mind. I would follow this up with a letter to the consultant as well, for the records, requesting a reply with an appointment date for the very near future. These people cannot be allowed to treat patients in this way and definitely not our Chris. They know they are in the wrong and you are right.

Thinking of you,
Love
Elna x(())

julie47

Hi chris

just reading up on your post and am so sorry that your appointment was so rubbish.

I agree with everyone else that you need another appointment.

Can't say much more so I just send hugs (((((((())))))))
and to let you know i am thinking of you,

Juliepf x

ironic

Hi Chris,
That was awful appointment for you. I am so disappointed for you. I absolutely agree with the others that a telephone call his secretary is needed. They should have gone through things properly as promised from your last appointment. At least a proper examination should have been carried out.
I do hope you are feeling a little better today and have the strength to start the fight back.
I am so upset for you Chris,
Sending you buckets of hugs
Lv, Ix

chris7

Thanks everyone, DD, Debs, Rose, Cris, Toni, Annie, Elna, Julie, Ironic and others for the kind pms.

Hey Deb don't dismiss yourself your words are just as much a comfort as everyones. I know sometimes I post support when I really don't know what to say, but feel it nice to show my face.
Well that's my theory, it works for me ta Debs.

Bless you all and you are all right, but it has rather pushed me back in my shell today so I didn't phone the hossie, couldn't face it. But I do have a plan.

I have written down what did, or rather didn't happen and will get an appointment with my doc next week, I need to see her anyway about other issues. She has been so much more attentive since I blew my top with your earlier support! I know she will arrange another referral for me and I think it will sound better and less hysterical if she does it.

Will someone give me a shove if I wimp out please!!! You know what I am like. :?
We had snow this morning so I was glad it was duvet day.
Thank you all for the support before and after yesterdays non event, much appreciated as always.
take care and keep warm
love and hugs (((( ))))
Chris

dreamdaisy

You have a plan. We like plans on here! And of course we will give you a shove if required. I will also kick you. Keep warm, it's trying to snow here now! DD

barbara12

Chris I am so sorry I hadn't time to read your post this morning, I am sorry it didn't go well for you, but we are all still here, and will keep pushing till you get the appointment you want.
Has you know we are on parr with one another, having arthur in both hips, so believe me if I can make a decision.....well it was made for me then so can you my love.
Sending you lots of very warm hugs (((((()))))
Love
Barbara xx

annie_mial

So glad you've got a plan going already, Chris. It's hard when you are left floundering about.

Do let us know what the doc says.........you really should see him asap.

Annie

woodbon

Hello, Good luck for tomorrow. You'd better have big pockets, we'll all be there for you! Lots of love Suexxx

chris7

Hi all

Thanks for calling in Sue, Annie, Barbara, DD.
Well the plan has backfired at little.. and I am losing my nerve.

Tried to make an appointment with my doc next week and she is on leave.
I am naively assuming I may still get to work as normal but after last weeks experience I may not even get there which for me really is the begining of the end and induces a panic I can't begin to explain. Though payback is awful I have not until last week ever felt like a weak link at work. Now I fear I am. Is this it??

The earliest I can see her is Friday 10th so I have booked that but so wanted to see her next week. With an absent Consultant and now an absent GP I am starting to feel invisible again!! :?
My sis who lives miles away is due to have a throat op next Thurs which has already been cancelled twice so who knows if it will happen? It falls on the 6th anniversary of the day we lost dad so I am just hoping he is looking out for her. If it does go ahead she won't even be able to speak to me for a while.
Sorry for the miserable ramble when so many are needing support here today but needed to get this down.

Thanks for looking in
Chris

dreamdaisy

It's understandable that you are wobbling, one wants things to go to plan, especially when one is fired up to deal with them but I think I read elsewhere that you have a cold, yes? That will pull you down, never mind anything else but I think there are some pluses here: you have an appointment which is two weeks today, so that isn't too far, OK last week at work was a struggle but that was last week, if you are resting now I am sure next week will be fine - you are not a weak link, you are a poorly person, there is a difference, plus the fact that miserable git boss did notice that something was amiss so he may be kinder from here-on-in, and if your sister does get her op then that is a good thing for her. Get rid of the cold - Mr DD swears by a port and brandy mix, equal measures of both, so if you have some get stuck in - failing that, a nice glass of a warming red would do OK. Stick on the deadmau and kick back. I hope you feel better soon, things will be resolved in due course, and you know we are here. DD

dorcas

Hi Chris

so much happening for you just now.... the last thing you needed was that disappointing ortho appointment. :?

I do hope your sis' throat op goes ahead next week... it is so frustrating to have ops cancelled... but fingers crossed this time.!

Sounds as though you did the right thing in waiting until your own doc is back on the 10th at least you'll know that she will listen to you and discuss what to do next.

Work.. that's a difficult issue. Been there, done that etc... :roll: The only advice I can offer you is to always put your health first. Nothing good can come of struggling into work... only to be sent home again. It's demoralising for you (and painful) and doesn't help your employer either. I know how hard this is for you Chris... but maybe you need to take some time out just now?

love and strengthening (((hugs)))

Iris xxxx