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Questioning diagnosis

  • 11-12-2019 10:30am
    #1
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭


    Hi!
    I'm wondering if anyone has been in the same boat.

    Last week, I finally got a rheumatology appointment after waiting a very long time. I don't think I seen a rheumatologist but a physio working under the rheumatologist. Their diagnosis was not as bad as my GP (and several locums before her) had predicted and I was so delighted, I didn't even question it.

    This morning I got a bit of a reminder that what they said didn't really add up, and they didn't express that they were giving me a follow up appointment, outside of xrays and physical therapy.

    Has anyone ever gone back to their GP after receiving a diagnosis from a specialist? Is there anything a GP can do, or is it just a case of going back onto another waiting list for another year or two?


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  • #2
    Graces7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Always ask.
    So yes, talk to your GP

    Ave Sodalis wrote: »
    Hi!
    I'm wondering if anyone has been in the same boat.

    Last week, I finally got a rheumatology appointment after waiting a very long time. I don't think I seen a rheumatologist but a physio working under the rheumatologist. Their diagnosis was not as bad as my GP (and several locums before her) had predicted and I was so delighted, I didn't even question it.

    This morning I got a bit of a reminder that what they said didn't really add up, and they didn't express that they were giving me a follow up appointment, outside of xrays and physical therapy.

    Has anyone ever gone back to their GP after receiving a diagnosis from a specialist? Is there anything a GP can do, or is it just a case of going back onto another waiting list for another year or two?


  • #3
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    Graces7 wrote:
    Always ask. So yes, talk to your GP


    Unfortunately, the doctor didn't know. The report hadn't come from the consultant yet, and they didn't know enough themselves.


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