Burning sensation in feet and legs

Chronic regional pain Syndrome..

My problem started with a old injury a damaged 5th metatarsal. That was dimissed by the specialist. I have had to have physio on my back from time to time when I was on the ward. At that time we didn't have the luxury of hoists and any help the clients needed ( baths toileting getting out of beds etc ) had to be done by the staff. Not so now. I did mention this to the specialist but he said it wouldn't be connected to my problem. It's making me think now after your reply thanks 

My long ex nurse wife has never got over back trouble from moving patients.

these traditional Nurses are the heroes.. They had to do it no choice back pre 1980's....

these Doctors tryto side step the issue, mine did because I was a young Nurse. I went to an osteopath in 1986 which confirmed my repetitive strain injury.. 2 Herniated discs and misalignment of the S1 Joint LHS at 23 years of age from heavy lifting no hoists then, hospital did nothing to help.. Took me years to sort the issue out, after falling down wet stairs at work as well in 1984..Doctors are told to alert the DWP when advice is being sought! They did in my case and then destroyed the evidence I sent in 1985..your back would be connected definitely..not sure about your little toe?

That is not always the case.. It is not encouraged..

A one time GP took my wife of his books after she beat the system in that way.

In Maddie’s case it is 'Needs must' as she is getting nowhere. The best advice I've ever had from a GP who could not get a 26 week appointment brought forward for me was Patient Power. This was in early internet days when information was hard to come by. I got an appointment for the following week.

Another time I had tendonitis and was quoted 16 weeks for a Physio appointment. I wrote to my then MSP who was the Scottish Health minister. He actually replied that he did not know the waiting list was so long. I hobbled to the hospital and in Physio there was the usual sign about the number of missed appointments the previous month. I said that I would sit there until the next No Show and have their appointment. They said cancelled appointments are not given to new patients as they need a longer than normal appointment for assessment. They had a confab and said that they would contact me if they could find a slot for me.

No sooner was I home than they phoned to offer an appointment for late that afternoon or early the next morning.

When told at my local hospital that I would have aortic valve replacement at a major hospital in six to eight weeks. I had not heard anything after five weeks and phoned the hospital I was to have it at. They said that they had no record of me. Phoning the original hospital I was told that Dr X was a bit behind with his paperwork. He had actually gone on a months holiday.

If you don't shout they can't hear you.

The British NHS is on its way to privatisation along with the arrogance that goes with it..money before Compassion..

My local hospital cannot afford MRI scanners but has built a new imaging wing where they do endoscopy and CT scanning but a company called Inhealth own and operate the MRI scanners plus a mobile one.

I had to wait 17 weeks for a stress echocardiogram using equipment donated by Friends of The Hospital. It was only being used four times a week due to lack of doctors time to supervise it. After I complained it was upped to eight sessions a week. The 17 weeks was actually a cancellation that they were not going to give out to anyone. It took me about a month to get it confirmed due to various staff holdays. Of course the test resulted in a false positive and I then had a ten week wait for an angiogram. Ones life ends up on hold.

 

In our area a company called xxxx Integrated Care Service has been set up.  It  comprises NHS Trust and private companies and is supposed to take the load off the NHS in the area for Musculoskeletal disorders by sending paients to where there is availability. My GP referred me to them in early January. When I told him in late march that I had not heard anything he said that over thirty local doctors had referred patients via it and none had yet had an appointment. I phoned the company and they said that appointments would be sent out in early April for a private clinic near me. When next I phoned they said that it now was not going to be done from there. I then had a letter with an appointment for a hospital over an hour and a half away by bus so I turned it down. They next offered an appoinment for another far off town with an irregular bus service. Next a late evening apointment only a forty minute bus ride away. I then asked what was wrong with our local hopital and was given a late evening appoinment for there. Each time the appointments were with the same consultant. Around 4.30 on the day of the appoinment he phoned and said that he did not have any other patients and if I came now and had an X-Ray he could see me right away. That was over five months after my GP had referred me.

There is an expression about organistion in breweries that comes to mind.

       

ha very funny Derek my sentiments exactly! left hand does not know what the right hand is doing ? The services like Musculoskeletal should be local to the patient.. To have to travel that far is absurd .. Especially if you need to travel with a disability..thoughtless!

Yeah, I don't drive so am reliant on public transport. Local  buses all take round about routes and the first option offered involved a second bus to an out of the other town location. That one was also a long way from the local train station.

It now seems the norm with PFI that hospitals are located as inconveniently as possible.