Hi All,
I live in the Hertfordshire and I am 52. Over the past 6 years I have had:
- repeated cystitis, trated by repeated antibiotics. Finally refeered to a consultant whose first words were, these were not real cystitis, they are intersttial cystitis and I should never have been treated with antibiotics. This was last year.
- aggravated thrush, consequence of antibiotics.
- very strong middle of the month left side pain where I could no longer stand up or walk. Had to lay down for many hours.
-Repeated anaemia. Not followed up by GP, I organised the blood tests and got a copy of the results over many years.
Nails break/crack in the middle of the nail.
Perimenopause not diagnosed .
Perimenopause not treated.
No Help.
The GP did not mention once the word perimenopause over this 5 years period.
I am usually awake by 4am... fun!
I did my own research to reach the diagnosis of perimenopause on my own in the late evening on the I pad2 years ago. I have bought my own supplements, herbal, such as black cohosh to counteract night sweats, yam roots, Effamol, magnesium multi vitamins and mineral, lately rhadiola to combat anxiety.
I am married, a mother, bilingual, and I work full time.
I have found that the care towards women is beyond appalling.
Looking back on the past 5 years, I feel like I have been laughed at by the GPs.
I am thinking of deregistering from GP surgery.
Whether I am registered or not, I am coping on my own, so why be registered?
I keep going for the sake of my husband who deserves better and for our kids.
I will remember this for the rest of my life.
I am very disappointed, very angry.
The consultant is good but completely overworked due to the repeated costs cuttings to the NHS by various government and this government that is strangulating and asphyxiating the NHS.
I can only but assume this is the norm in the UK for care towards women.
I do get irritated by .........
Another week, another Tory MP sex scandal!