The Doctor who saw me last went and sat next to me and talked to me. Before they spoke, I told them the reason first what brought me today. And pointed out my back pain radiates to lower right of my tummy and down to inguinal and down to my legs.
I believe the nurse probably told the Dr that I asked if they will do ct scan that's why they said that I can go and see a specialist or ask my gp to give me a referral to do a CT scan. I did not ask nor told them to do a CT scan for me. I clearly told them that the pain really worries me. It's 9 out of 10 when it comes to how painful it was.
When I keep on pointing out which one gives me pain, Doctor said that what I want them to do is to give me a magic socultion. Which I clearly did not want because there's no such thing as magic.
The doctor talked to me infront of two people and when the doctor realized that they were talking to a patient, the doctor asked me to go to the room and talk about it. The doctor told me that they know everything I said to the student doctor, that i even have a 7 month old baby too.
The doctor said they didn't want to repeat the same questions because they have like 100 patients looking after. They told me that both urine and blood tests are clear. And they ruled out that it is only sciatica. And that is not my point, I found out that this doctor was the senior doctor, who did not even check on me, did not even do the physical test on the patient (on me). They only based on what the student doctor did, in my opinion.
The student doctor told me that another doctor will look after me after they finished writing down their notes. I am very disappointed with how the doctor dealt with me as a patient. They even said "what you want us to do is you give us a magic solution."
I am, in the first place, did not want it, all I want as a patient is to make sure that everything is okay and nothing serious. It worries me that I might have something on my body because of the level of pain I am feeling. I even told the doctor how frequent I am urinating and told them 10x more at night before I sleep, and I asked them if that is normal and the doctor said it is not normal. And that's my point, the doctor ruled out that it is sciatica but peeing that often they clearly know that it isn't normal.
Recently found out that there's something on my spine and that's the courtesy of my GP to look for the possible cause of my pain. I felt heard and cared for by her.
"Traumatizing experience at ED"
About: St George Hospital / Emergency Department St George Hospital Emergency Department Kogarah 2217
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