I'm raging today. I thought the medical industry couldn't let me down any more than they have but they have managed to outdo themselves. People who read my posts may know that I've been having bladder issues for some time now. It flares up and down but basically it's like having cystitis all the time. I can't sleep at night, have to get up to wee constantly, and always feel like I need to go. I'm finally on the waiting list to see the urologist and have been prescribed several bladder calming meds, none of which have helped.
Well, I was at the GP today about my test results and I got chatting to a retired nurse who happened to be there and she told me that over-treatment with thyroxine (which I've been having for years to try and stop my cancer coming back) can have the side effect of an overactive bladder. The same issue I have been seeing doctors for for years, begging for help, is perhaps being caused by my damn cancer treatment and not a single doctor has ever even thought of this, maybe the ignorant twats don't even know this is a side effect. God, I hate this life! These fuckers told me this treatment has no side effects and already it has given me a stroke, heart issues, multiple food intolerances, perhaps an overactive bladder and a whole lot more.
Oh Russia, please nuke the UK to oblivion, I am sick of this shit!
EDIT: Now they've got the hospital lab to redo the test and say there IS an infection after all. But the doctor refused to listen to me about my allergies and prescribed me an antibiotic I'm allergic to. I'm so exhausted by how difficult it is to get medical treatment.
Yes, please do. It will make me feel less alone in this.
Well one time, when I was at a doctor's appointment (not for myself, but I had to get a shot), my doctor was told that I had mental illnesses by my mother (without my permission) and the doctor was like: are you afraid people are going to hurt you? No one is going to hurt you. I just felt very annoyed at both my mother and the doctor because neither felt like they understood mental illnesses (I do not think doctors actually need to understand mental health that well unless they specifically work in the mental health industry). Honestly, I do not want to go to any doctor under capitalism because of healthcare costs.
I don't want to go because they never cure anything but just cause extra side effects.
It is hard to say what the right thing to do here is. This is truly a dilemma.