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This is possibly not the right group to ask this but I was wondering if anybody has any experience or knowledge about this.
My husband has been having serious medical issues since last year and was recently diagnosed with cancer. He spent time in hospital last year where the scans were clear and the diagnosis was a magnesium deficiency caused by certain medication and also lead to calcium and vitamin d deficiency. The cancer diagnosis came out of the blue in January. The medication he was on is known to cause magnesium deficiency and we were told by the hospital staff that it was unacceptable that the GP never did any further blood tests etc. I couldn't even tell you why he was on the medicine in the first place. We have also found out he as an enlarged appendix and he was never examined despite going with stomach cramps and bouts of nausea. They now don't want to operate as his chemo is considered more important so they will monitor his appendix while he has treatment. This is the short version!
As a result of the cancer diagnosis and the fact that it is so agressive that we have been given a prognisis of 12 months we went to see my husband's solictor to make sure all things like his will etc were sorted (my husband was married before and his ex wife was causing us some problems anyway). His solicitor is also a personal friend and when he heard what had happened spoke to a colleague who is a medical negligence specialist who believes we have case against the GP who was treating my husband. A doctor we saw at the hospital also suggested that we should make a complaint against the GP.
This GP is officially my GP although I don't see him - partly because of this and also because I found him rude and feel he blames everything on alcohol. I have also found out that friends of mine who go to the same surgery feel the same thing. However I have developed a good relationship with another GP at the same surgery who has really been helping me and also these past few weeks gone beyond his duty of care to help me and my husband. I find it very hard to trust people and it took me a while to be able to admit firstly I had a problem and then this week the true extent of my depression and anxiety. My worry therefore is that if we take action against the other doctor this relationship will change or if they would refuse to treat me at the surgery.
The solicitor is coming tomorrow to get permission to request medical records. Therefore I was wondering if anyone knows whether I would have to leave the surgery?
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jacqueline01135 ssk1
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hypercat ssk1
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I don't know about the surgery bit but I will say that even if you were kicked out would that stop you claiming? I know you said your doctor is lovely but then you might find another lovely one at a different surgery. I think this is the least of your problems right now.
Don't forget too that if the medical neglency firm take over they will have your medical records anyway and must have their own doctors to use. If you are really worried about losing your nice doctor why don't you ask him the situation? Good luck with everything. x
ssk1
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I was just concerened that in the middle of everything that is going on that I didn't want to have the hassle of having to change surgeries. I moved here 4 years ago and really haven't been impressed with the consultants at the hospitals and they messed me around for a long time. It has taken me 4 years to get the same diagnosis that was made in 2008 in Scotland and the only person who seemed to listen or show any sympathy was my GP.
As I say my husband was seeing a different GP and we will wait and see what the specialist lawyers say about the case. If it goes further I might talk to my doctor about it. We really just don't want anyone else to go through what my husband has.