Updates!

I was awarded PIP for another 6 years at the same rate thankfully, they even put my points up by three lol but didn't acknowledge everything which is fine, I'll just keep reiterating my struggles when I have reviews.

@Mary_Scope what type of food do you give him if you don't mind me asking?

Thanks @Rosie_Scope I do feel that they are more supportive, for example, I was supposed to have a blood pressure and blood test last September but the previous GP was expecting me to go in for it even though I was down as housebound, we did bring it up with the practice manager in the October who took until Feb/March this year to address it, by which time I'd already decided I was fed up and wanted to move, my son went into our current medical centre, explained everything to the receptionist, they've allowed me to continue where I left off and have put me on a list for a home appointment for the tests.

There are other things like responding to my son's letter within a few days and they appear to be keeping a proper eye on his health (he has hypothyroidism).

Lol, he seems to be doing out with his kibble being mixed in with Forthglade at the moment. I'm aiming to have him on at least a tray of Forthglade per day and the rest kibble. I just need to decide what kibble, he's on Akela at the moment.

The cat's being fussy as well, so I'm now trying to look up some other food for him.. ugh.. it's causing me a lot of anxiety if I'm honest.

Hello, I hope everyone's well.

I have another update. I'll try and explain the best that I can, I'll probably end up waffling lol.

Since 1995 I've been having chronic daily headaches (CDH), I have tried various things and had tests, they started to become worse over the last 5+ year maybe related to perimenopause/menopause and I believe that I'm now having migraines as well.

Last year I again reached out for help after not bothering for years due feeling like I was being fobbed off all of the time and the treatment I had tried not helping, the GP that my son spoke to for me expected me to attend the MC to have a blood test and blood pressure check despite her being told that I'm housebound, the appointment was cancelled and my son tried to address it with the practice manager which took her 4 months, by which time I had decided I couldn't deal with the constant mistakes, them ignoring my emails and taking 3 years to deal with a complaint and my medical records, as I explained at the top I switched to a different MC.

My son popped into the MC and spoke to a lovely receptionist who said he would put me on a list with the nurse for a blood test and blood pressure check, the nurse called on Monday, she said that because she couldn't find the other GPs request that I'd need to speak to a GP first, the appointment was booked for Wednesday, my son spoke to the GP for me and I was passing info to my son for the GP, he seemed to take it seriously and has suggested that I have a blood test and blood pressure checked, he did mention a scan which only one other GP mentioned which was the one last year. Problem is, because I very rarely leave my home, I'd find it difficult to go and have a scan now, if it had been suggested years ago by the various GPs that I'd tried to speak to about it I may have gotten help sooner. He also asked if I'd spoken to neurology before, the answer is no, no one ever suggested referring me to neurology prior to this GP.

So we're now just waiting on the nurse to get back to us with an appointment for her to come and do my bloods etc.

I'm sharing because in previous posts I was moaning a lot about the medical centre that I was previously with, this current medical centre although it appears to have poor reviews has been a lot more attentive towards myself and my son in the short periods of time we've been registered there (3 months) than the last one was who were with for 10 years. They actually listen, address things like requests, medication issues and such faster, there is a bit of wait for appointments although this recent one was pretty fast. I'm just relieved that I decided to switch and my son seems to be happy with the staff there as well. The previous medical centre didn't monitor his conditions very well at all and messed his meds up quite often.

Has anyone else ever had CT scans and such and what do they entail? How long do they take, etc?