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Just book an appointment. Tell them it got worse. They can't NOT see you.
Reply 2
I have to wait till monday now, and I have my youth orchestra sessions sat and sun, its gonna kill :frown:
Reply 3
Doctors are uselss when you do get to see them.

I went in a few days after breaking my foot. It was agony to put weight on, but I can drive without any pain, so I didn't want a cast.

She says there's nothing she can do, but does offer me some helpful advice.... "Try not to walk on it for a while."
Reply 4
Can you go and see a pharmacist? They might be able to sell you something stronger until you can get to see a doctor
What the hell are you complaining about!?!
1) original poster, i had something absolutely identical to what you describe - happened when was fooling arounda pool with some friends, and one tried to pull me in. anyways, my neck, arm ec caned, and the muscles in my neck seized up, pulling it towards my shoulder (i thus looked hunchback) and so i went to the docs. sure enough he prescribed ibuprofen, and when i came out i felt like a right idiot.
i mean what the hell do u expect them to do? give you an mri, CT scan, surgery there and then?
Ibuprofen will both ease most of the pain, and reduce the inflammation which is causing the pain. then, in 7-10 days if you still have the pain you can go back and say 'i think i might have something more serious here.
Bosch, easy as pie.
2) Zurich - You break your foot, so you know you should have a cast, but dont want one so you can still drive. So what exactly do you want the doctor to do? Fact is best painkillers you can get for the pains you two are describing is ibuprofen which you can get down the drug store. Want it stronger? then double up your dose. All the doc will do is give you pills with twice as much painkiller in. AND you'd have to pay £6.50 for the privelege.

Christ, some people are just never satisfied.
Reply 6
foolfarian

2) Zurich - You break your foot, so you know you should have a cast, but dont want one so you can still drive. So what exactly do you want the doctor to do? Fact is best painkillers you can get for the pains you two are describing is ibuprofen which you can get down the drug store. Want it stronger? then double up your dose. All the doc will do is give you pills with twice as much painkiller in. AND you'd have to pay £6.50 for the privelege.

Christ, some people are just never satisfied.


I didn't want a cast because I'm in the final semester of my final year of uni, and if I can't drive I can't get there. Losing 6 weeks at this stage would mean putting off graduation and having to go back to uni until xmas, frankly I'd rather cut my leg off than stay at uni any longer.

I don't need painkillers, it doesn't hurt unless I walk on it, and thankfully I know better than to walk on a broken bone.

It was just the genius of the doctor's advice.. 'broken foot eh? agony to put weight on huh? hmmmm that's a tough one. I know, try not walking on it for a while!' Needed four years of medical school to come up with that pearl of wisdom did she?
Reply 7
foolfarian
What the hell are you complaining about!?!
1) original poster, i had something absolutely identical to what you describe - happened when was fooling arounda pool with some friends, and one tried to pull me in. anyways, my neck, arm ec caned, and the muscles in my neck seized up, pulling it towards my shoulder (i thus looked hunchback) and so i went to the docs. sure enough he prescribed ibuprofen, and when i came out i felt like a right idiot.
i mean what the hell do u expect them to do? give you an mri, CT scan, surgery there and then?
Ibuprofen will both ease most of the pain, and reduce the inflammation which is causing the pain. then, in 7-10 days if you still have the pain you can go back and say 'i think i might have something more serious here.
Bosch, easy as pie.
2) Zurich - You break your foot, so you know you should have a cast, but dont want one so you can still drive. So what exactly do you want the doctor to do? Fact is best painkillers you can get for the pains you two are describing is ibuprofen which you can get down the drug store. Want it stronger? then double up your dose. All the doc will do is give you pills with twice as much painkiller in. AND you'd have to pay £6.50 for the privelege.

Christ, some people are just never satisfied.



that was mean

The painkillers didn't work, it is very very painful
I'm a bit worried because my mum had the same thing happen to her, she fell pulled a muscle but bizzarly enough stated to grow a bone :s-smilie:SSSS

Edit: I'#m a girl and I wanted them to umm and ahh and listen
Reply 8
Zurich

It was just the genius of the doctor's advice.. 'broken foot eh? agony to put weight on huh? hmmmm that's a tough one. I know, try not walking on it for a while!' Needed four years of medical school to come up with that pearl of wisdom did she?


more like 5 years i should imagine.. a considerable amount of PG training & ongoing CPD/PED annually. :wink:

pain is quite a tricky issue - so obviously trying to avoid triggering it would be best, or take standard pain killers. if you elect not to have done what was probably recommended in terms of having a cast i'm not really sure what else you could expect them to do about it..? but, out of interest - other theoretical ways of dealing with pain.. from my 1 & a bit years worth of medical school:

- whip out some PAQ deep brain electrodes to hook you up to
- sever a tract in your spinal cord
- get you started on opiates with an incredibly high addiction/dependency likelihood
- recommend you join the CBT waiting-list because "pain is merely a percept"

to me, trying to avoid walking on something till it heals & painkillers in the meantime seems preferable? :p:
Reply 9
Elles
to me, trying to avoid walking on something till it heals & painkillers in the meantime seems preferable? :p:


It doesn't really need painkillers, it doesn't hurt or ache or anything, maybe because it's such a pathetic little bone? The time it hurts is when I walk on it, and thanks to the wonderful and knowledable doctor, I know not to do that :biggrin:

I think I'd rather just lie around with my feet up for a couple more weeks, than go severing any spinal chords, but thanks anyway :wink: :p:
Reply 10
When my back locked up I got told not to go to the doctors. Then my leg went numb and it turned out I'd trapped a nerve. I had to go the the chiropractors for a year! If you can't go to the doctors then maybe try and find out where you local NHS walk in centre is or if really bad....and getting alot worse...then go to A&E. I think when it comes to your neck you can't be too careful.
Zurich
I didn't want a cast because I'm in the final semester of my final year of uni, and if I can't drive I can't get there. Losing 6 weeks at this stage would mean putting off graduation and having to go back to uni until xmas, frankly I'd rather cut my leg off than stay at uni any longer.

I don't need painkillers, it doesn't hurt unless I walk on it, and thankfully I know better than to walk on a broken bone.

It was just the genius of the doctor's advice.. 'broken foot eh? agony to put weight on huh? hmmmm that's a tough one. I know, try not walking on it for a while!' Needed four years of medical school to come up with that pearl of wisdom did she?

So...what did you want from them?
Fact of the matter is this - you are obviously smart enough to know what to do, and what not to do. You obviously didn't need anything from her, unless you were after a sickness certificate of some sorts.
So why go to the docs? GPs especially have horrendous numbers of patients, many of whom have much more serious or complex problems, or things which warrant further treatment or observation.

If you knew it was broken, then you must already have seen a doctor of some descript.

Now, if you have even a pathetically tiny lump, go to the docs and get it looked at. If you row, and the next day your arm and neck hurt, take some ibuprofen and get over it. GPs and doctors are a finite resource.
historyhoney
that was mean

The painkillers didn't work, it is very very painful
I'm a bit worried because my mum had the same thing happen to her, she fell pulled a muscle but bizzarly enough stated to grow a bone :s-smilie:SSSS

Edit: I'#m a girl and I wanted them to umm and ahh and listen

How long has it been painful for, have you been taking the max dose of ibuprofen, and have you ensured its IBUPROFEN or ASPIRIN, NOT paracetmol painkillers.
i was really worried i had 'trapped a nerve' when i did myself in, but literally 7-10 days on ibuprofen and i felt hunky dorey.
Reply 13
foolfarian
So...what did you want from them?
Fact of the matter is this - you are obviously smart enough to know what to do, and what not to do. You obviously didn't need anything from her, unless you were after a sickness certificate of some sorts.
So why go to the docs? GPs especially have horrendous numbers of patients, many of whom have much more serious or complex problems, or things which warrant further treatment or observation.

If you knew it was broken, then you must already have seen a doctor of some descript. Now, if you have even a pathetically tiny lump, go to the docs and get it looked at.


I didn't want to go to the doctor, I knew there was nothing she could do. But as there was no lump, bruising or swelling, I wasn't 100% sure it was broken.

As I said before, I wasn't expecting anything from them, so I'm not disappointed with the service received, it was just the wonderful advice I was given.
Zurich
I didn't want to go to the doctor, I knew there was nothing she could do. But as there was no lump, bruising or swelling, I wasn't 100% sure it was broken.

As I said before, I wasn't expecting anything from them, so I'm not disappointed with the service received, it was just the wonderful advice I was given.

wait a sec, no lump, swelling or bruising..?
Do you know the difference in pain magnitude between a bruised rib, a fractured rib, and a broken rib?
I know this is your foot you are talking bout, but the principle is the same...

~Advice was crap, but i know i would feel expected to give some advice, even if it is a stupidly obvious as that. And bear in mind, that some people ARE that thick as to not realise that in order to heal your need to keep off the foot for a while.
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Elles
more like 5 years i should imagine.. a considerable amount of PG training & ongoing CPD/PED annually. :wink:


That doesn't change the fact that some doctors are crap. First Aiders would put my old GP to shame.
timeofyourlife
That doesn't change the fact that some doctors are crap. First Aiders would put my old GP to shame.

mmm, some are truly bad. But some are so good they deserve a medal. I did a GP attachment with this guy who was sooo damned clued in, he was spotting the most obscure medical problems left right and center, and getting them sorted nigh straight away. If we invested a bit more in English GPs (im not being racist here, i think the ability of some foreign born GPs to relate to their patients is a bit poor) then we would stop some conditions way before they got out of hand.
I mean, just think - the appointment one of us uses because of post exercise muscle ache could be taking the place of a guy with a touch of flu who secretly wants to ask the GP about the lump he has found...(yes that is a bit of a hollyoaks reference)
Reply 17
foolfarian
wait a sec, no lump, swelling or bruising..?
Do you know the difference in pain magnitude between a bruised rib, a fractured rib, and a broken rib?
I know this is your foot you are talking bout, but the principle is the same...


Yes, that's why I wasn't sure it was broken. Apparently the bone that's broken isn't surrounded by any/much tissue, which is why the obvious signs of a break were missing.
Reply 18
historyhoney
So yesturday I had a crick in my neck and thought nothing of it and this morning I woke up with massive pains in my neck should er and right arm and its been so painful all day


I used to get random neck/shoulder spasms on occasion, and yes, they are agony at the time. But not much you can do other than rest, massage and ibuprofen. What were you hoping to get from the doctors?

As there's no apparent reason for it to happen other than you sleeping funny, there's not likely to be any serious underlying pathology, so it's not an urgent case. I'd follow foolfarian's advice, it's sound as ever.
Helenia
I used to get random neck/shoulder spasms on occasion, and yes, they are agony at the time. But not much you can do other than rest, massage and ibuprofen. What were you hoping to get from the doctors?

As there's no apparent reason for it to happen other than you sleeping funny, there's not likely to be any serious underlying pathology, so it's not an urgent case. I'd follow foolfarian's advice, it's sound as ever.

sound, but with underlying anger.
Next year im gonna get a room big enough that i can feng shui, get some chinese stress balls, have regular arometharpy esque baths, and lots o scented candles.
if they don't sooth me and make me less...abrasive, nothing will. :rolleyes: