Consultants and doctors

Popescu

I do not have insurance and used the public hospitals whenever I need a consultant. I try to stay away from doctors and it is them that contact me for appointments.

Turtwig

They're like very expensive mechanics some will fix your car as best as possible others will, if you're lucky, change nothing and charge you a fortune.

TeddyTedson

It will actually be 5 years in November Jesus Christmas!

suicide_circus

yep paid 150 for 10 minute consultation yesterday

Banjo String

I'm with ye Ted.

I told my doc that I had a new strawberry shaped mole on my buttocks and he just gave me some cream for it.

corner of hells

Banjo String wrote: »

I'm with ye Ted.

I told my doc that I had a new strawberry shaped mole on my buttocks and he just gave me some cream for it.

Are you sure it was a mole ? If its the garden variety , cream won't work , you need a jack Russell and a shot gun.Or maybe bleach.

gramar

I've been to a couple of consultants and generally I've been disappointed by their apparent disinterest. A few years ago I had some really bad pains in my hip and went to a consultant. He barely looked at me and didn't even carry out a physical examination which amazed me but from his chair told me it was the sciatic nerve. It wasn't and needless to say I never returned.

I went to another who wasn't much better before finally to a third who did a proper physical examination, located the problem and gave me the unfortuantely bad news but who at least did his job properly.

All were experienced consultants in their respective specialisations.
It just goes to show the difference between their personal attitudes and medical opinions when presented with the same problem.

Gongoozler

Jesus Christmas! that made me laugh.

To the latest poster, who didn't have sciatica nerve thing and didn't go back, tell your doctor. They won't know they diagnosed you wrong if you don't tell them. And therefore can't learn.

Teddy, go to a different consultant, tell your gp you're not happy with him and ask for another consultant / referral. It's not more complicated than that.

gramar

Gongoozler wrote: »

Jesus Christmas! that made me laugh.

To the latest poster, who didn't have sciatica nerve thing and didn't go back, tell your doctor. They won't know they diagnosed you wrong if you don't tell them. And therefore can't learn.

Teddy, go to a different consultant, tell your gp you're not happy with him and ask for another consultant / referral. It's not more complicated than that.

I went to a consultant who didn't get up off his arse to do a physical examination, barely looked at me while speaking to me and generally gave the impression that he didn't give a toss. That was 7 or 8 years ago but I still remember it. It was a physical problem that a phycial examination would have uncovered.

It was a lazy diagnosis by a man with a lazy attitude.

kneemos

Banjo String wrote: »

I'm with ye Ted.

I told my doc that I had a new strawberry shaped mole on my buttocks and he just gave me some cream for it.

I'd keep an eye on the dispenser he's using.

Pumpkinseeds

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Just one. My GP is excellent so I'm surprised about how useless this consultant is.
My main issue with him is what he's prescribing me. Basically he took me off medication which I found excellent and put me on another brand of a previous medication we'd agreed wasn't working.
It's annoying that I've been seeing him since 2009 now and spent a fortune but to be honest I don't think he has a clue what to do anymore from things he says. It's driving me mad to be honest.

Ask your GP for a referral to someone else. I was waiting so long as a public patient that I was given 3 consultations with a private neurologist on the patient purchase scheme. She did me more harm than good. Basically she whacked up the dosage of anti-convulsants I was taking for epilepsy and at the final consultation she wrote me out a plan for slowly reducing the anti-convulsants back down to what I'd been on when I first saw her.

I'm only glad that I wasn't paying her. It might be worth your while asking about consultants for your condition on the long term illness forum, you might get some recommendations for better consultants.

gramar

kneemos wrote: »

I'd keep an eye on the dispenser he's using.

I'd be keeping your eye away from that dispenser. It stings apparently!

Oh, um, whoops!
Meant to say "threads merged" earlier. Sorrreeeeee.

WilyCoyote

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Oh, um, whoops!
Meant to say "threads merged" earlier. Sorrreeeeee.

Just take two asprins every four hours and come back and see me in a week. Or at least before you bleed to death.