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Hello, thank you for your reply and comments. We have nothing like this in the Uk, sadly this is just the way it is here. I am constantly on the Telephone and emailing and begging for help. It is awful as I feel that I have become the Dr and I actually want to be the patient. I was screaming and crying with the pain this afternoon. I have left a message, email etc with the secretary of a Pain Management Consultant. I hope to speak to his secretary tomorrow but I may not be able to see him for another 2 weeks. I cannot refer myself. I have to have a GP referal. I waited two weeks for a phone call appointment, You have to try and get an appointment on the day, start ringing at 8.30 a.m phone engaged, by the time it is answered all the appointments have gone and you have to try again. There are no longer face to face appointments, they are not seeing patients, they are all working from home. The NHS in the UK is not to be envied, believe me. I am worn out by trying to fight the system and think what my next move should be, feeling so ill and having to work out the next tactic. It is especially hard as I am a retired Registered Nurse. I will keep you posted.
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Dear horthog, I am so sorry to hear what you are going through ; both your pain and trying to get help for it.
I can think of a few possible options but do not understand your Healthcare System so I may be off.
One would be the possibility of asking if you can get something to help your intolerable pain until you can be seen, and or present at an emergency room with essentially the same goal, getting something to help you tolerate your pain until you can be seen by your or another doctor outside of the hospital.
If the emergency room is an option for you that you would like to take advantage of, and the doctor there is willing to give you a few weeks prescription for pain meds, you could also ask for that doctor to send a notice to your doctor or a doctor of your choice asking them two get you in sooner.
Here, we are doing a lot of virtual face-to-face appointments. I have done many myself. That would be another option you could request from the provider of your choice that is if you have one. If you do not you have one yet, you will need to start to start somewhere and I would suggest reading the biographies of doctors that are an option for you and will be covered by your insurance.
I apologize that I have not had time to read most of your post and understand your story correctly but I hope one of these possible options could work for you.
In the meantime I will continue to uphold you in prayer that the best thing works out for you very, very quickly! And that you will experience relief at minimum to the point that your pain is tolerable.
I know you must have some anxiety about all of this and I just wanted to tell you what works for me.
Please keep in mind that I hold no judgement for anyone whose faith is different than my own.
The only and sole thing that works for me is my intimate relationship with our living God of the Bible. I know Him well enough to trust Him in my circumstances and also understand that this life on Earth is very temporary compared to all of eternity and that someday, as the bible promises, I will receive a new body in heaven and there will not be any more tears or pain.
We all walk through many fires here on Earth. I will also be praying for you, that you will experience the comfort, presence, hope, and peace of God through Christ that surpasses all understanding, Philippians 4:7.
In Christ unfathomable love, Sunnyflower
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@horthog
I have heard that socialized medicine in places like UK and Canada was not that good. Sorry that you (and so many others) find yourself in this situation.
In my previous post I asked WAY too many questions. Sorry, but I did want to understand better the details of what you are experiencing. Can you describe it a little more fully?
Also, why did you said "I might have Acute Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment"? Did you come up with that from your online research?
If you can give a more complete description perhaps someone might be able to give you some ideas. No guarantees but nothing to lose in any case. Best, Hank