Venting Medical farce, system not backed up (GP surgery)/ Share your medical farce?

[sufferingalways]

Hello forum people I need to vent, this row has cost me dearly today.

My GP surgery are part of a program to order prescriptions through a third party service (which helps free up their lines for other matters). However they (Gp surgery) are /have upgraded their computer system, but have not made a backup of this, so guess who bears the brunt of their mistake?
Everyone who needs medicine.
Consequently their phone is always engaged, my housemate has run out of medicine and mine are only part of daily dose I need for tomorrow (he takes solpadol for cluster headaches and I take gabapentin for chronic pain)
The out of hours doctor needs verification from me (or is it 111, the non emergency medical line..? ) because these are on a controlled drugs list.
I am so weak from lack of sleep I have such low energy so any task is too much energy.
On the occasions I struggled against my weakness I am back to bed again, feeling like a spoonie. Now my housemate has tried explaining the situation to me regarding what's what and he's got lost so I asked for clarification, got angry and he's raged at me.

Fault lies with GP surgery staff who failed to backup their system which has now caused my housemate problems he has experienced since Monday (it's now Saturday).
Their system is not back on yet. If you have a grasp of this fiasco situation congratulations..

I'm at this moment taking medicine for a migraine due to the flaming row we just had and I am no longer interested in eating breakfast. Time is 2,35 pm and I'm sick of the day already. I have only been awake since 1,30 pm and that wake up was a disturbance from noises in the plumbing system (another saga .. )

Sorry to dump it here but I have nobody to help me through any of it and I'm weak and sick with other stress.
Anyone got a gun lol because I need to do some troubleshooting
Maybe a reboot might be needed (up the arses of the surgery staff for causing such a fiasco).

Proper planning and preparation prevents piss poor performance.
Sadly for us patients needing medicine we are stuck with the piss poor performance and the fallout from it.

Time - 2,48/ who needs breakfast when they're already stressed to the eyeballs .. I hate that damn surgery for causing a bloody farce.

Sad moment;
The best Gp they had has sadly died .. she was lovely, but we recently got sad news she had died of cancer. Too young to go from this world IMHO.
RIP sweet lady Dr.

To the people on this message board .. Thanks for bearing with me and reading my message.

Anyone else have a farce with their medical situation/ services / staff? Share yours too.

 

[MichaelNomad123]

Well that just sounds like a horrible shit show all round. You have my deepest sympathies.

As for my own medical experiences, I only have a few stories to share because since then I have limited my exposure to GPs.

When I was a teenager I started to develop a severe rash on my body that itched like hell. This was strange for me because I played football for a minimum of 5 hours a day and was at the peak of my physical fitness. The more I itched, the more I scratched and the worse it got until it eventually spread all over my body. I decided it was time to visit the doctor. I was prescribed a cream that was supposed to deal with the rash but my GP incorrectly prescribed the lower dose as opposed to the higher dose. This was not a simple mistake but rather an overly conservative approach to the problem. My condition worsened as a result and became so severe that my skin became infected. The infection spread to my blood and septicemia started to set in. I was a few hours from death. He should have lost his job and his practice, but I didn't push charges.

About a year after this incident, I finally got my referral to a highly sought after dermatologist at the nearest hospital. At this point I was scared for my future and not processing my new condition very well. I was depressed and confused as to what exactly was happening to my body. As it turns out, the highly sought after dermatologist that I had been waiting many months for, was actually a rude, pretentious, pompous, wealthy, overrated waste of time. He made inappropriate comments about my dress, my mood and my families finances. As a relatively well-behaved boy, it was extremely out of character for me to tell him to go fuck himself and walk out, but that is what happened. Besides his inappropriate bedside manner, he offered little to no explanation as to my condition. To this day, I have no answers, but I can at least manage my condition. Up until recently I was free of it for close to 5 or 6 years.

My last story is a short one about mental health. Like many here, I have been in and out of therapy or otherwise at several points in my life. The first when I left school, the second in my early 20s, the third and final in my mid 20s. I had a counselor at my community college in an informal capacity. She was there as an external, third-party effort to promote good mental health practice in schools and colleges. She existed as someone for me to chat with once a week. I was going through a particularly rough time for a number of reasons ranging from domestic abuse against my mother at the hands of her unstable boyfriend, a toxic living environment and a significant breakup with my girlfriend. I alluded to a desire to kill myself. She escalated despite my best efforts and contacted my home number. Fortunately I got to the message in time, but I did agree to get in contact with the emergency mental health services through my GP. I was assessed by them and went over to be processed by the main team. They rejected my attempt to get myself admitted despite my plans. I was escorted out of the building and left to my own devices. Despairing and alone, I walked to the other side of the parking lot and sat down against a building. I started smoking in the cold and dark without any real plans to move until I noticed 2 men approaching me. They had sent security to remove me from the premises. You might imagine my surprise and offence at this. There I was without hope, only to have a nice gut-punch to seal the deal by my last avenue of help.

Those are my experiences with the medical industry. I have little to no respect for would-be professionals and I largely believe that the majority of people in our society are mostly incompetent. I don't share the high reverence for doctors or university graduates. Lengthy education and/or a large salary is no substitute for attention to detail and compassion. I have met little when dealing with medical professionals.