Since being discharge from Birmingham because I didn't go home on anything stronger than paracetamol, I am suffering massively from the pain with the steroid withdrawals. I went to my GP to try and get something stronger yesterday but instead they gave me (according to them) the only alternative possible, which in my opinion is a weaker drug.
As thought, it did even less for battling my pain, so I rang and made yet another appointment for today.
Thinking I may actually get a doctor that generally cared, I book the appointment at lunch time and off I went. To be questioned about who told me it was prednisolone withdrawals (erm the consultant in Birmingham), as it sounds more like problems with to much pain relief...and he sent me packing with NOTHING!!
Now I have just about had enough of being treated like crap as if I had something else wrong with me that causes major pain, I'm sure Id get drugs straight away. With being so hacked off I rang Birmingham to see if they can help. They couldn't give me drugs (which I knew anyway as they are 3 hours away from me) but they gave me the best plan for taking the pain relief I have got, and asked whether the GP are going to look into my joint pain if they are disagreeing with what the consultant and specialists have said, to which I chuckled and said no, he just sent me packing, so they told me to believe them (don't worry Brum, I will!!) they also told me to keep going back as they will soon get fed up with me being there daily and start prescribing me something just to shut me up!!
I know physically Brum haven't help take the pain away, but in a weird psychological way, it is helping knowing that they have given me a plan and reassure me they do care and no Ill get it bad with such the steep drop in steroids I done, and also reassured me that hopefully the symptoms should have gone by the time the 6 weeks has gone by and I'm back up with them.
With moaning AGAIN, on a different subject, I have reapplied for Uni, I know there isnt a chance ill get in because of my health but I thought what the heck!!
well TTFN
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