Hello, I did post on here last year, about my health, and work issues, and yous was very helpful,
At present I am on long term sick from work, have been off since end of august last year. I have a lot of issues with my back, I have multiple herniated disc’s . 7 in total. , facet hypertrophy on some of them, mild scoliosis., I had an mri scan in July last year, stating this. This is the 3 rd mri scan since 2015 I am in a lot of pain most of the time , pain in my back and legs.
I was under the pain clinic , but that doctor don’t really help me. and they referred me to neurosurgery dept, the pain clinic said I would probably need surgery. I saw a neurologist on Monday, and it was a dreadful experience, his first words were, I’m not operating on you, then he dismissed the mri scan I had done. More a less saying that the radiologist didn’t know what he was doing !! Anything I said to him , he wouldn’t listen, he told me I need to go to the pain clinic, I told him I have already seen them, and they recommended I see him, not once did he ask me how I was feeling, it was like he couldn’t be bothered with me, I told him I have bad pains in my back, and pains going down my legs, he snapped at me saying , that’s not sciatica , then sai d he would be writing to my doctor, and that was it, I had to leave. my partner was me, and couldn’t believe what had happened,
I am so upset, and angry, I saw my doctor the next day and she apologised to me, and said she would contact the pain clinic again. And phone me . The only reason the neurologist would see , was that f I had randicular pains in my legs, which I do have, and then he dismissed me outright, and spoke to me in an awful way.
I feel totally helpless . And depressed at the moment, I’ve been to different nhs depts, and practically nothing has been done. And it feels like I’m going backwards. All the while I’m not getting any better.
Apologies for such a long message, thanks
