Whilst at the doctors..

[jen_uk]

The doctor told me that some blood tests I had had done had come back abnormal and needed to be repeated to see if I am anemic. Do you know how long ago I had these tests done???

4 YEARS!!!


Thank god there was nothing seriously wrong!!

 

[Pinky166]

Thats terrible.

 

[Goofysmate]

I would have thought they might have sent a letter or phone you to pop about the result
Like you said just as well it's was nothing serious ,

 

[jjk]

thats terrible !

 

[PoppyAnna]

That is very odd, did you query why?

I have read before that some doctors need to put through a certain numbers of tests etc to qualify for certain funding etc the following year.

 

[natalielongstaff]

That is shocking !

 

[mandymouse]

That's terrible

 

[joolz1910]

I was diagnosed with pernicious anaemia last year. The doctor said, 'You must have had b12 injections before, according to these past results'. I had never had these injections - she was shocked as the file/document she was looking at was from when I was 19.


I'm 38.

 

[carolfoy]

look on the bright side jen, you could have been dead all these years!!!
seriously though, thats pretty bad, did they try and contact you at your previous address?

 

[Snowy-girls]

Jen i am truly shocked .Thank goodness it was nothing more than anaemia.x.

 

[jen_uk]

look on the bright side jen, you could have been dead all these years!!!
seriously though, thats pretty bad, did they try and contact you at your previous address?

Nope they had never tried to contact me, I've been to the doctors twice since 2005 so they could have told me then

 

[Aardvarks]

This does not surprise me one jot.

The NHS is on it's ****

 

[tennisfan]

Thats terrible. I have lost faith in GP's especially mine to the point i'm looking at changing surgeries. My nan's GP was as disgrace in that he misdiagnosed for years.

Also now I work in the ambulance service it has certainly opened my eyes to GP's!

 

[Beth__WDW23/6/02]

I had mine done yesterday morning,had the results back this morning however I did ring for the results! and was told all was normal thank god..it's been a worrying day's wait really.

But that is appauling,I do know if it's not URGENT marked they get filed until you ring they don't ring you unless it's an emergency (NHS eh)..I would query why you haven't heard though..that's some wait,I'm glad it didn't show anything up worrying.

 

[Minniespal]

Shocking

 

[wicket2005]

Unbelievable, thank goodness you were okay though and it wasn't something serious.

 

[Trilli-magic]

4 years!!!!!!!!! thats disgusting!

I think GP's are really getting bad!