Fuk This Shit

[Deleted member 20280]

I served this shitty f*cking so called United Kingdom for longer than I would wish to remember. Today I went to my Doctors to request a 14 day repeat on my numerous medications ( at 9 am ) that I have now been taking every day for many a year and will need to take for the remainder of my life, YES that's right I will NEED and MUST take this many pills every day until the day I DIE.

Know what people ?? it took them until 1830 hrs to actually get a doctor to hit the f*cking ***print*** button. If I miss more than a single dose I will be rendered critically Ill and run the risk of being put into a life threatening **COMA**

I have severe Mental Health issues but more over I have ** Life Threatening* physical and medical injuries.

I did **NOT** sign up to defend this country and the worlds innocent from terrorism just to be **Abandoned** like this in my hour of need. When I was finally issued with my prescriptions I went direct to my pharmacist, who knows my multiple conditions well, just to be told "too late Laurie, come back at 9 am tomorrow and we will issue you with your pills.......... I could be **DEAD** before that time, then what will the NHS f*cking do............... corporate negligence ??????

This asshole country ** needs** Soldiers like *ME** to stand proud and be prepared to **DIE** for it's Queen and Countrymen.

Well........ f*ck YOU ALL...... all I want in life is to be recognized for what *I* did, to be treated the same as any other person. Please can someone give me back the last 24 years of MY life?? ****NO****

Well I guess I am worth less to Queen and fellow country-person, than any low-life scumbag profiting off *my* hard earnt service time.

 

[twinkle30]

Could you go to an Emergency room to get your dosage?

 

[digger]

If it's essential medication and life threatening to miss a dose then you need to go to A+E.

I understand that you're angry right now, but when you've calmed down it might be worth discussing with your doctor and pharmacist some kind of reminder system, or automatic renewal, if you're struggling to remember to put in for your repeat prescription before the day you need it?

I know my surgery requires two working days for repeat prescriptions so that both the doctors and patients aren't put in this position.

 

[Deleted member 20280]

In a word *NO*, I have been in this situation several times now, the pharmacist will NOT issue me with my meds as the are ** On the controlled DRUG Register**.

They will only issue them with a FULL prescription NOT a faxcimilie

 

[illusionist]

Did you know that you can register with a pharmacy who will do all the leg work for you, even deliver it to your door. You don't even have to go to your doctor....you only need to register with a pharmacy and the service is free on the NHS.

It is not the fault of the NHS that we do not get prescription requests put in, in plenty of time before we run out....for whatever reason...I'm sure we have all done it. If you desperately need meds you can go to accident and emergency.....you will not die.

 

[Deleted member 20280]

@illusionist Yes I do know exactly what the NHS are capable of and willing of a service to provide, every situation is different, I have been both a Military medic and an NHS employee. As I am on such a high dose of CD'S they refuse to issue me with my meds, due to my escalating MH issues they are very cautious as I am on the *High to Extreme Suicide Register*

 

[illusionist]

I worked in a pharmacy Laurie and I do remember people who used to come in every day for controlled drugs and the prescription was often picked up by the pharmacy from the doctors surgery.

As you say every case is different.

 

[Deleted member 20280]

As you rightly say @illusionist every case is different, yet after nearly 20 years one would have thought that the Dr and Pharmacist would be speaking in the same language, not languages that neither actually understood............ like old school Latin !!!!

 

[Deleted member 20280]

Which BTW, I can speak **not fluently** but enough to understand so called **medical speak**

 

[Stickler]

...I remember Mr Crazypants dealing with this asinine shit.
Lovely.

As Twinkle said, ambulance time?

 

[Deleted member 20280]

Finally at 1130 I was issued with the right medications, I can manage without most for a day but there is one particular medication that I must take and must carry on me at all times. This is not linked to my PTSD issues but is a medical issue I have had for many many years now, this medication can literally save my life.

I apologise to anyone I may have offended last night and in particular to the members whom witnessed my ranting in the chat room. Not having those pills really scares me, I may have tried to kill myself several times but now I am off the cocaine/other narcotics totally and am in recovery from alcohol abuse, (4 weeks dry and sober now) I really do want to live. The medical condition I suffer from is not one I wish to diclose but is a condition I have had since long before I ever took illegal drugs or binged on the booze. It is a condition I have kept close to myself and apart from my mother and doctors no one else knows I have it.

I agree, my non disclosure of this was a selfish act on my part but it is something that has affected me nearly all my life now and I manage it very well.

There was a clerical error in the issuing of my medication that stemmed within the GP Practice, it was not the Pharmacists fault at all, I was simply terrified that the worst would happen as I did not have the any of this medication left.

Since being released from my section the councils have moved me from my home town to a different are of the country, my medical records have not been sent in their entirity and this is just one of those things that rather unfortunatelly happens from time to time in the NHS.

On collected my prescriptions this morning the practice Manage came straight up to me and sincerely apologised for the error and the obvious distress I have endured overnight panicking that I could die within hours, I grit my teeth and meditated to calm myself down, attened the surgery at the allotted time (bottle of water in hand) took my prescribed dosages of all medications as per my meds regime and am much much calmer now.

Not having that medicine has given me some issued but now it has been 2.5 hours since my last dose I can certainly feel confident that I have caught any potential problems quickly and I should have no further issues as a result of being without them.

I promise anyone who may worry about this, this is one medical condition I can manage extremely well and If I do develop ANY symptoms that could prove critical to my immediate health, I have the ambulance on speed dial and their station is literally 4 doors from where I am living.

Again I apologise for worrying anyone last night regarding this issue

Laurence

 

[Neverthesame]

I can tell you two, three things Laurie.

1. I may not live there anymore, but this countryman cares about you. (I know you didn't mean all of us, I just wanted to write this down for you to see.)
2. You have suffered so much, yet I always see you fighting this without fail. Something kicks you down, you get back up and start again. That takes more bravery and strength than these unappreciative fools will ever possess.
3. Thank you for your service.

Here's hoping the rest of the country figures out how to pull their heads from up their asses.

Keep fighting Laurie. You can get through this.

P.S. Congratulations on your 4 weeks of sobriety.