The problem is bradders that most folk have'd to pay in the system over 4/5 plus decades, so they should receive free medical care in my opinion.
Splendid, marked down for no rim tape though I’m afraid. Marked up for Storm of Steel though, lads currently reading it then it’s my turn.
Finished building a covered area on the side of my workshop to get the ride on mower etc out the weather. Used the frame from the poly tunnel I took down last week.
“Lounge” is meant to be lighthearted. “Speakers Corner” is where you can be more vocal, for want of a better term. I don’t think Viv’s amendment lessens the rant any. It still conveys your disgust perfectly well.
What happened bud, been rumbled on having a DR poke his finger up your anus for the 7th time this year? You’re gonna need to find ya thrills elsewhere.
If only. Waited 6 weeks for Dr appt, there is only one I want to speak to, who is actually my named Dr, get tel appt only and 20 min after the allotted time a text to say he can’t make it so a registrar, ie trainee, will call me. The 20 mins of dross with what sounded like a 20yr old girl lecturing me and reading from a script. I wanted him as I trust his advice. I wasn’t given advice. She didn’t even know what the call was about. I haven’t sworn so much in a long time, off the call, obvs, ruined my game of golf, meant I went from David Banner to Hulk for the last 9 holes. It was all I could do not just to tell her to get a grown up to call me… compared to that, a finger up the arse, shit a hand up the arse, would be pleasant.
Bradders, I agree completely with your statements of the NHS, especially GPS and appointments. I've struggled with my back for 2 years , and have been able to see a gp once, and Sent for an xray. Waited 12 weeks for the results. Absolute disgrace. But ,the treatment my dad received on ice before he died, same NHS, different people was , very comforting. The nurses were absolutely precious. So some do care , just not the ones we need .
It was a frustrated teenage tantrum. To be clear, I am not an advocate of privatising nhs. I have great care first hand. I have had shocking lack of care first hand. But it’s lack of care generally (that’s as much process as people) and organisation I find infuriating. It’s all well and good when the blame the govt, but they don’t decide how the billions are spent: the civil servants and nhs managers do. It’s disgraceful the managemnet teams haven’t had a resource replenishment plan operating for years: they’ve had the funds.
if you'd put this here:- https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/the-frustration-venting-thread.88933/page-43 I think a few would have replied to this, but meanwhile I hope today is a better one for you mate.
I've suffered with back pain for decades. The NHS will spend years telling you it's only muscular, have some more pain killers. Eventually you may get an MRI and finally surgery and the result isn't brilliant because the offending nerve has been hammered for so long it has suffered permanent damage. It's not right, but if you're in pain pay for a private MRI (£400 to £800 maybe), if all looks good then you've at least bought peace of mind. Just before covid my partner Zoe was in bed on every medication available and with no relief. Somehow got her into the car and an MRI done which confirmed prolapsed disc between L4/L5 vertebrae. (What used to be called a slipped disc.) Waiting list was still several months, she had no life, I said go private. How much would you pay at the end of your life for 3 or 4 months of pain free normality? Surgery was £8k (sell one of the bikes if you have to!!) but we got it done just before lockdown and with the disc bulge taken off the nerve the pain relief was instant and she was on the road to a full recovery. If we had waited for the NHS I suspect she would have been bed bound for the last three years still waiting for surgery.
