Krusty
2011-07-27 09:14:02 UTC
I saw the private sports doctor[1] last night, & finally have a correct
diagnosis of my knee injury, which the 2 NHS doctors I'd seen
previously failed to provide. It's a grade 2 MCL (Medial Collateral
Ligament) tear. He reckons it'll take another 3 months or so to fully
heal, & need lots of physio.
The A&E doctor I saw when it happened should've put a brace on it for 3
weeks & told me to rest it, but instead he just told me to carry on
using it as normal, hence the total recovery time is 5 months rather
than the 6-8 weeks it would've been. Needless to say that's pissed me
off. A lot.
I did wonder at the time how a doctor could tell you what to do with an
injury when they couldn't diagnosis it (he said "it's a bit of a
mystery"), but figured he knew what he was talking about. It was after
all a Sunday afternoon, when A&E is packed with sports injuries, so
you'd think the doctors working then would have a clue about such
things. And knee ligament tears are *very* common amongst the Sunday
morning sporting crowd.
I'm now seriously considering talking to a solicitor about it. It's
caused me a few months of needless pain, forced me to cancel my
holiday, cost me over 500 quid for a knee brace & private doctor, &
potentially left me with a permanently weakened knee as the tear may
not fully heal, having been constantly stressed while I carried on
using the leg as normal.
[1] Bath & England rugby doc.
diagnosis of my knee injury, which the 2 NHS doctors I'd seen
previously failed to provide. It's a grade 2 MCL (Medial Collateral
Ligament) tear. He reckons it'll take another 3 months or so to fully
heal, & need lots of physio.
The A&E doctor I saw when it happened should've put a brace on it for 3
weeks & told me to rest it, but instead he just told me to carry on
using it as normal, hence the total recovery time is 5 months rather
than the 6-8 weeks it would've been. Needless to say that's pissed me
off. A lot.
I did wonder at the time how a doctor could tell you what to do with an
injury when they couldn't diagnosis it (he said "it's a bit of a
mystery"), but figured he knew what he was talking about. It was after
all a Sunday afternoon, when A&E is packed with sports injuries, so
you'd think the doctors working then would have a clue about such
things. And knee ligament tears are *very* common amongst the Sunday
morning sporting crowd.
I'm now seriously considering talking to a solicitor about it. It's
caused me a few months of needless pain, forced me to cancel my
holiday, cost me over 500 quid for a knee brace & private doctor, &
potentially left me with a permanently weakened knee as the tear may
not fully heal, having been constantly stressed while I carried on
using the leg as normal.
[1] Bath & England rugby doc.
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