Discharged from hospital, but still have knee problem
Discussion
Hi,
Recently I was discharged from hospital because the doctor felt my knee was "fine", this was despite me still lacking the ability to walk more than 100m, still unable to drive and still in a lot of pain.... I feel that the reason I was discharged is that the hospital had a lot of patients that day resulting in appointments over-running by 2hours and so basically he could not be bothered to sort me out, plus I guess it looks good for statistics.
I have had to return to my GP, who has now put me on a waiting list to see a knee specialist however this is going to take another 50days to start the same process all over again, and I have already wasted 3 months trying to get my knee sorted with the other hospital
What I want to know is this; Is there any way that I can go back to the original hospital and state I am unhappy with the doctor I saw, see another one and continue the process there? The reason I say this is that the original doctor I saw told me to have an MRI scan to check there is no ligament damage prior to keyhole surgery with a camera as he believed there was either chipped bone or excess cartilage that needed trimming (He said it was called "washing out" or something like that), the second doctor I saw ignored the original doctors advice and simply discharged me with a continuing problem.
I have now had this problem for 4 years, and every 2-3 months I am finding that my leg locks and I am unable to walk for 3 weeks, the most recent incident left me unable to walk for 2 months. As you can probably guess, I want to get it sorted as I have had enough of it and it's really getting in the way of my lifestyle now (had to giveup sport since the last incident, cannot do a physical job and stuck with working from home which is not making enough money
)
Thanks for any advice
Recently I was discharged from hospital because the doctor felt my knee was "fine", this was despite me still lacking the ability to walk more than 100m, still unable to drive and still in a lot of pain.... I feel that the reason I was discharged is that the hospital had a lot of patients that day resulting in appointments over-running by 2hours and so basically he could not be bothered to sort me out, plus I guess it looks good for statistics.
I have had to return to my GP, who has now put me on a waiting list to see a knee specialist however this is going to take another 50days to start the same process all over again, and I have already wasted 3 months trying to get my knee sorted with the other hospital
What I want to know is this; Is there any way that I can go back to the original hospital and state I am unhappy with the doctor I saw, see another one and continue the process there? The reason I say this is that the original doctor I saw told me to have an MRI scan to check there is no ligament damage prior to keyhole surgery with a camera as he believed there was either chipped bone or excess cartilage that needed trimming (He said it was called "washing out" or something like that), the second doctor I saw ignored the original doctors advice and simply discharged me with a continuing problem.
I have now had this problem for 4 years, and every 2-3 months I am finding that my leg locks and I am unable to walk for 3 weeks, the most recent incident left me unable to walk for 2 months. As you can probably guess, I want to get it sorted as I have had enough of it and it's really getting in the way of my lifestyle now (had to giveup sport since the last incident, cannot do a physical job and stuck with working from home which is not making enough money
)Thanks for any advice
I did ask my GP but she told me that as I had been discharged from the original hospital that I would have to start the process again, so I'll need to see another doctor who will then advise an MRI (usually 2 months wait from previous experience) again etc.... so this could take me well over 5 months again
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