Can two wrongs make a right?

After eight months of frustration with medical professions I thought I have become immune to their acts and behaviour, but last week my immunity was attacked by a serious act of incompetence.

I got a letter last week from the GP informing me that the Medical Research council has advised them that I have Vitamin D deficiency and that I should go to the surgery to get the needed medication. It all seems very efficient had I actually done a blood test or if I had participated in any medical research but this was all news to me, so immediately I rang the GP, obviously the receptionist would not put me through to the doctor and wanted to know the reason of my call, so I narrated the whole story only for her to tell me she knows nothing about the matter and would get the doctor to call me back! To be fair the doctor did call back, but had no idea about the letter and when she checked my medical records, nothing was noted about vitamin D probably due to the fact I have not had any blood test for the past year. In her desperate attempt to make sense of this letter, she suggest that the doctor who wrote it may have assumed I have vitamin D deficiency because apparently according to my GP I am housebound and therefore not subjected to sunlight !!!!! Another new information that I was oblivious about, not only I am low on vitamin D but housebound too! Do they not see me when I come to the surgery, I know the reception desk is too high and often have to wait for another patient to point out to the receptionist that I am there but eventually see me! I am not invisible!

It is clear that doctors don't just lack medical knowledge but know little about their patients very basic daily life and these are community doctors, and knowing their patients well is an essential requirement. On the other hand can two wrongs make a right? can a wrong diagnosis and wrong assumption of me being housebound prove right at the end and I do have low vitamin D count? after all in the eyes of the GP I am 'housebound' I am not 'seen physically' by them at the surgery which is reassuring as now I know why my eight months elbow wound has not healed! How can it be cured when I have not left my house!

Futuristic Vision!

So the story of the elbow wound continues with more frustration yet hilariousness encounters with the medical professions.

The GP practice nurse phoned ten days ago to inform me that I need to have a scan/ X-ray done on my elbow to determine the cause of the wound and the reason behind its failure to heal, and told me that once I see next week she will give me more details and provide me with the x-ray request form. I waited patiently for the appointment and finally the day arrived.

After greeting me in a her usual warm and friendly manner, she excitedly said "well the good news that the scan you did showed no sign of real damage" I was as confused as someone just woke up from a coma or regaining lost memory, for a second I thought wow there is hope then realised hope in the NHS is a myth, so I pointed out that I have not had any scan on my elbow for the simple reason of NOT HAVING THE X-RAY REQUEST FORM!!!!

I wonder if the nurse has futuristic vision, maybe that is the result of the scan that I HAVE YET to do, surely there must be a reason for this right? I do like her and think she is one of the nicest nurses that I am currently dealing with, but nice, kind and friendly need to be combined with sharp knowledge.

I will go and have my scan but I know my elbow's story will continue for a while ...well unless the clairvoyant nurse is right then there will be no more elbow related blogs and I guess the nurse will realise her perfect job lies far from medical health, Future Telling where she will probably earn more and prove more successful.