This really annoys me! I'm quietly fuming for you. Why do some doctors not
appear to realise that peoples legs and feet are one of the most important
parts of the body! I've had a year of being pushed around at my new doctors
surgery with them telling me I'm basically a nutter and making the pain up.
Finally I got a diagnosis last week, but it look a broken toe to get it!

Sorry, ranting!

Charlie.

"Su/Cutworks" wrote in message
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It's not a lot but it's going to help us get Mike's feet scanned, as we're
going to pay to go privately rather than wait another four months, and
that's not going to be cheap but we're in the situation now that he only
has
five months of half-pay left and then they can just close his job, he
won't
get any benefits nor will he be able to apply for retirement if necessary
because he'll be unemployed and the evaluation board for medical
retirements
insists that all avenues be exhausted before they'll look at a case. So
if
he has to wait 4 months for the scan, and then another few months for the
consultant to read it and then agree to see him we're facing unemployment,
no pay coming in at all, no resources and no help. It is just
gut-wrenching
as he has been a teacher at the same place for almost 30 years and we're
facing complete financial meltdown and nothing is going to stop it if we
can't get him seen by someone in time. And the way he is going there
isn't
much hope of recovery in the next few months either so going back to work
before the year cut-off isn't a great prospect although he'd be happy to
get
back to work and not feel so helpless and useless which is how he feels
now.
It's usually ok but it's been a bit grim lately and this insurance payout
will help him immeasurably simply to take the pressure off him
emotionally.
Thank heavens for glass, I genuinely believe it's kept him alive. I try
not
to whine but it's just getting frustrating again. An hour on the phone
today and no luck with the consultant. He categorized Mike as
'non-urgent'
without even seeing him so there's no advance up the waiting list ladder.
*sigh*

So, scan first, torch after but the torch is important too in a lot of
ways
because it's what's kept him going all this time. Fingers crossed for us.

-Su

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