Re: inguinal hernia


<will_usher@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1137180200.461999.198350@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The operation was on both sides. The scan showed the hernias are
> there... thats why I am pretty sure the pain is related to a hernia.
> Previous to this I saw about 10 different doctors who all gave me an
> incorrect diagnosis, including IBS and an infection. One doctor told me
> to stop eating and drinking for 3 days. I went to Australia to try and
> get faster treatment, but as a result of not being able to do physical
> work (which is the usual employment for people overseas and staying in
> a hostel) I ran out of money quickly and became homeless. I had to eat
> one sandwich a day from a salvation army free food van for 4 months
> until I wangled a credit card to get me a flight home.
>
> In this country you can be waiting up to 6 months for a scan then 4
> months after the scan to see the doctor. One lady (on national news)
> was told that she would be waiting up to 10 years for a hernia
> operation. I mentioned the terms 'gilmores groin' and 'laparoscopy' to
> my surgeon (but not the one that actually did the operation) and he
> looked at me puzzled and then tried to repeat the words to ask me what
> they meant.
>
> The government try to cover up incompetence such as this and many
> people don't believe it happens in a developed country such as the UK
> (until it actually happens to them and they crash land into the real
> world). I have spent hours and hours, months and months trying to get
> the NHS to just admit that a mistake has been made, let alone financial
> compensation. I have to say this has completely distroyed 3 years of
> my life, but by the NHS's standards this is a minor incident.... my
> grandmother was misdiagnosed and she died.
>
> If I had the finances and time to sue, I would. Its not my style and
> its not the style of a lot of people in this country but I think I
> deserve the compensation.
>

Wait a minute - I must have missed the part where you said previously that
your open hernia repair was bilateral. That changes quite a bit. Those tend
to be very painful, and the recovery can be quite prolonged - 10 weeks or
even more.

As to the "scan" you refer to -- what's THAT all about? When did you have
it, why did you have it? Who does "scans" for inguinal hernia?

HMc



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