People always tend to talk negative about the health system in the UK but I never had any problems with specialists or hospitals there. They listen to what you’ve got to say and take your complaints serious, they don’t treat you condescendingly or show this annoying superior attitude, they don’t tell you things you already know for years…
In the Lowlands they wouldn’t listen to what I had to say last week about the specialist in the UK and what she recommended, they felt superior and wouldn’t accept her medical opinion. Their reaction was: ‘we’ don’t have that medicine here and ‘we’ feel it doesn’t work. *I feel it does!* ‘We’ have our own methods so ‘we’ are going to do this ‘our’ way…
Gosh… such arrogance!
The specialist in the UK told me that they’ve got much better allergy tests in the Lowlands and that I should have it done there, she was patient, polite and didn’t have the arrogant competitive attitude like the Dutch have. Her treatment had done me good, I wasn’t just a file number, she knew who I was when I visited her six months later.
So now I’m a guinea pig having to deal with people who are not really interested. I’ve been given medication that is kinda new and they don’t know the side effects for longterm use. It burns, stings and it hurts but it seems less damaging to the skin *no hormones*. I can see a difference already but this burning sensation is killing me…
It seems to disappear after two weeks: one week down the road it should be gone. I’m glad it’s winter because the cold numbs it in a way but I’m not looking forward to the summer: let’s hope the problem will be gone by then. I’m not allowed to catch any sunshine either, they’re still doing some serious research on the side effects.
It’s like having to choose the lesser of two evils… I was reminded again of the perfect health system and past frustration with hospitals and so-called specialists.
© Unknown A blank look…
After my recent experience with health systems of various sorts, I wouldn’t say the problem is any country’s medical system as such, the problem is combhining them. Actually, even seeing two doctors in different towns withing the same country can get quite problematic, as neither of them is completely informed about your problems, and each of them tries to do what they personally consider the best – however that might not be what the other one considers best and you end up being in the middle of clashing opinions….
The medical practice I currently go to in the UK has several doctors and nurses. Every time I go there, I get seen by someone else, and the inconsistency really is a problem. Last week, I was told that if the lab test don’t reveal any infection, I will have further testing, such as a urinary tract scan done. The results didn’t reveal any bacteria, so I came back to see the doctor again. The doctor that saw me today told me, that they will send another urin sample to the lab to see if there is any infection this time, and if not they will send me to the damn scan… I hope that’s not what I get told next time… I mean, do they really think that if there was no infection prior to the antibiotics, it will magically appear after having taken them? Then again I’m sure that once you get a continuous health problem, you are frustrated with any medical system simply because you cannot get rid of your troubles…
I think we have different issues
I was comparing health systems per country with regard to the attitude of specialists at hospitals.
I ended up in hospital (in the UK) twice, once because of cancer the second time because of a liver failure. I had to see one specialist because of the cancer and two because of the liver failure but I kept the same specialist each time I had a follow-up appointment so I never had to repeat anything, they helped me through the whole process from start to ‘end’ by listening to complaints and act accordingly.
I never had any problem in London but I always had problems in the Lowlands. In the Lowlands specialist don’t listen to you and are -in general- more considered about their own record than the patient’s. It’s not so much an organisational problem but an attitude problem that I was referring to
Nevertheless I hope they’ll be able to help you and I would insist on seeing the same person next time so you can avoid the stress of having to explain things all over again! I hope you didn’t go to casualties because that would explain the change in doctors, you need a specialist and make sure you’ll see him/her for your follow-up! Good luck and hugs!
I’m so happy I don’t have to deal with doctors much (fingers crossed). I hope you are feeling better soon.
Thanks Stuart
Yes it can be a drag… I’m feeling much better in the meantime thank you! The new medication is actually working, let’s see in ten years from now whether I’ll be fluorescent or not 
or get super human powers
*LOL* you must have been reading too many comics again
Btw, did I just notice that you left this comment from a MAC? *LMAO* A Mac running windowsXP??? Not that the latter matters, it’s still a Mac after all… Oh Stu, you got me laughing…