Peripheral neuropathy
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Going private would cover more than cancer.
Long waiting lists include a host of illnesses and diseases.
I don't understand why anyone expects this Government to care.
The previous Chancellor, I read, can now afford actual private treatment.
The previous Chancellor, I read, can now afford actual private treatment.
Perhaps in some cases.
My Dad had to wait 12 months for a simple dye test. Had he gone private would have been a few weeks.
That 12 month delay almost cost him his life.
Like a lot of people he squandered his money on hedonistic pursuits and expects others to pick up the tab when it comes to providing for his health.
I picked up a £7k tab just to provide a specialized room in my home to cater for his needs.
His beloved millionaire wife left him jack schitt.
As it was, the nhs were unable to perform the operation and he was shipped out to a foreign country for the triple by pass.
His wife could easily have paid.
Strangers paid and I'm very grateful to them.
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Doggit
A nutritionist works that way (and doctors occasionally do, on a good day), but it's not the way that homeopathists or herbalists work, that's why I said that it wasn't necessary. No point giving them something that's not in their repertoire.
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Ha ha, when I was 14 my dad helped me out for paying to go to a private appointment after I got nowhere with a GP. Saw the consultant, as lovely as could be and off we went with more information and what was needed to be done. We went back to the GP, armed with info and was put on an NHS waiting list to get something sorted. I saw the same consultant, about 6 months later. He was rude, nasty and reduced me to tears. Same doc, lovely chap when we paid! So we wrote a letter of complaint and got an apology.
Main difference now tho for me is that private does seem to skip waiting times and also allow for more investigations to be done, sometimes treatment that's not on the NHS too. The NHS have faced so many cutbacks now, seems that it's often in the news were some treatment or another has been pulled due to money.
As an adult, I found with all walks in life you get good and bad. I've been under NHS consultants who have been so appalling, so obtuse, unprofessional and rude if you dare question them (and dent their ego) that I've switched docs because the trust has gone. And other docs who have been so kind, listened and explained as well as so skillful that I would've happily have had their babies. GP's - I've yet to meet a GP who actually helps when the serious stuff hit. Fine if you've just got a bug and can be sent away quickly with medicine but rubbish when faced with more than a sniffle.
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blightymam
If a person is aneamic, it can cause B12 deficiency, having tummy ulcers, as well as medications like long term use of antacids.
How do I know? Am a lazy veggie, in the past have had a tummy ulcer from eating anadin like sweets for headaches and used antacids every day!
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I've just been reading about Peripheral Arterial Disease , fatty deposits in the arteries, which makes a bit of sense as to why I'm better "upright" Unfortunately my GP is fully booked for 2 weeks. OK, I said, give me an apt in week 3. Oh no, we can't do that, ring back tomorrow.......
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I had good result with electro acupuncture for pain relief. I'd also suggest that you focus on ensuring your weights is as close to normal BMI as possible and that you exercise as much as you can. moderate high rep weights will help with circulation
Yup. Depends on what course you wish to take. I think either route is a strong one.
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Dave, good luck with what you choose to do. Personally if you can push on the NHS and not get fobbed off it might help to say you are in pain. At the same time explore other avenues.
Keep us posted either way mate, hope you make some progress sooner rather than later.
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Doggit, I would not recommend it. I suffer from pain 24 hours a day and take Co-codamol, so I know what it is like.
But OD on those and you could well suffer one seriously grim death.
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No, I've got some seriously strong stuff that makes co-codamol look like sweets. And then there's the sleeping tablets, and I'm sure I've got a few other bits floating round as well. I know my mind will go one day, and that'll be the point to pull the plug. Death doesn't bother me in the least. I think if you take the paracetamol route, then they put you on morphine towards the end; now that sounds like fun.
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Doggit
Assisted suicide will become legal within a few years, and at some point after that, there'll be an honets debate about keeping people alive well past their sell by date. Too many dementia patients get surgery to keep them alive, when the kindest thing would be to let them go if they arrest for some reason.
Okay, now who's going to rip me to bits.
Okay, now who's going to rip me to bits.
