NakedWombat
Member
I've had enough. The Departments in Australia along with many doctors need truck loads of C4 shoved up their bottoms and lit up in one tremendous show of fireworks.
Yes, that is how I feel at the moment. I've had enough of being shoved around like some ball in a pinball machine. I am not grumpy with all doctors but I'll tell you, it's hard to find two who are willing to work with each other. My neurologist and family doctor do. The times I've been to hospital whether I've been admitted or not, you can't even get doctors to work with each other. It's as if every doctor was taught a completely different curriculum as they all over rule each other, including the Juniors over ruling their Seniors.
An excellent example was my last visit to the Accident and Emergency(A&E) as my blood pressure hit 189, then straight down to 50, then back up to 150 or over, then down to 50 to 70. Up and down it went and I felt as if my head was going to explode. The blood pressure tablet the gave me worked a treated. The first doctor I saw was brilliant. He admitted me for observation as he wanted me to have an ECHO to see what was going on. In the morning, the doctor on duty would only look me having settled and gave me the orders to leave, then put his advice on a letter to my doctor, signed in the name of the doctor who first saw me, not his own. How is that even legal? Tell ya, I've had enough.
On Monday, well, Monday was my grumpy day.
You see, I'm trying to get my 7 year old son assessed for TS or whatever as he has started to grunt and is attention span has fallen. His ability to academically learn is not the best but he is very much an active hands on learner. Not a bookworm. Fine, I hated books and stuff too. He has admitted to feeling angry sometimes and he cannot understand why. It was on this Monday that he punched his sister in face, leaving a red mark on her cheek which did not bruise thankfully. I admit, she does push and push and push him and I really saw this coming one day. Not that we let him off for the assault on her. She turns 8 in a handful days. They are about 10.5 months apart, born in different years though.
We had tried the doctor but was told that there is an enormous waiting list and they would consider my son non-urgent(this was before he struck his sister) and we should book with the Community Health Centre. That was a waste of time as they only see children 5 years and younger. They advised my wife that our only solution is to go back to our doctor and have him referred to a Pediatrician either public or private, both with equal waiting list time. That being two to three years.
You know, if we as parents waiting this long to have any of our children seen by a doctor, those from the child services mob and the police and Court system and people would crucify us. When the system does this, it's okay. I disagree, I call it Government sponsored child abuse. We are frustrated with all the nonsense, the failure of one single group to help let alone anything else. It's all too hard for them!
Making me really grumpy, was going onto a fella's Facebook page who is local to my area. He's a real local activist trying to get the town moving out of this brain dead thinking the town's leaders have. There was a mention of having the State Government build a 'you beaut' football stadium for the National Rugby League(NRL). That really got my goat where I disagreed saying that our health services, education, etc is decaying and should be fixed first. I also said that if you can't afford to fund your own essential services and infrastructure, then no money should be put into a football field. *The NRL is a private organisation anyway. They should build it for themselves*
Apparently, this made me a selfish, negative person trying to stop everybody's fun. And apparently, it's my fault that my health is bad from alcohol abuse. Interesting since I never mentioned health issues. So I mentioned that my son needs specialist medical now, not in several years time but no, I was being selfish. Just as well I wasn't with them face to face for there would have been one helluver verbal argument going on.
I'm really sick of it. My wife is sick of it. I am tired of not knowing what my undiagnosed neurological condition is which really affects my capacity to look after myself at times now including experiencing pain in the shower from the water touching my skin. Just thinking about is upsetting and I'd love to get every political leader and a live feed to everybody's internet while I verbally assault these mongrels.
It is very stressful. No wonder people break and do stupid stuff.
Anyway, in my anger, frustration and everything else one may care to list, this motivate me to finally get off my lazy backside and send off my joining fee and application form to join the 'Tourettes Syndrome Association of Australia'. They have a private discussion forum which only financial members may access.
Yes, that is how I feel at the moment. I've had enough of being shoved around like some ball in a pinball machine. I am not grumpy with all doctors but I'll tell you, it's hard to find two who are willing to work with each other. My neurologist and family doctor do. The times I've been to hospital whether I've been admitted or not, you can't even get doctors to work with each other. It's as if every doctor was taught a completely different curriculum as they all over rule each other, including the Juniors over ruling their Seniors.
An excellent example was my last visit to the Accident and Emergency(A&E) as my blood pressure hit 189, then straight down to 50, then back up to 150 or over, then down to 50 to 70. Up and down it went and I felt as if my head was going to explode. The blood pressure tablet the gave me worked a treated. The first doctor I saw was brilliant. He admitted me for observation as he wanted me to have an ECHO to see what was going on. In the morning, the doctor on duty would only look me having settled and gave me the orders to leave, then put his advice on a letter to my doctor, signed in the name of the doctor who first saw me, not his own. How is that even legal? Tell ya, I've had enough.
On Monday, well, Monday was my grumpy day.
You see, I'm trying to get my 7 year old son assessed for TS or whatever as he has started to grunt and is attention span has fallen. His ability to academically learn is not the best but he is very much an active hands on learner. Not a bookworm. Fine, I hated books and stuff too. He has admitted to feeling angry sometimes and he cannot understand why. It was on this Monday that he punched his sister in face, leaving a red mark on her cheek which did not bruise thankfully. I admit, she does push and push and push him and I really saw this coming one day. Not that we let him off for the assault on her. She turns 8 in a handful days. They are about 10.5 months apart, born in different years though.
We had tried the doctor but was told that there is an enormous waiting list and they would consider my son non-urgent(this was before he struck his sister) and we should book with the Community Health Centre. That was a waste of time as they only see children 5 years and younger. They advised my wife that our only solution is to go back to our doctor and have him referred to a Pediatrician either public or private, both with equal waiting list time. That being two to three years.
You know, if we as parents waiting this long to have any of our children seen by a doctor, those from the child services mob and the police and Court system and people would crucify us. When the system does this, it's okay. I disagree, I call it Government sponsored child abuse. We are frustrated with all the nonsense, the failure of one single group to help let alone anything else. It's all too hard for them!
Making me really grumpy, was going onto a fella's Facebook page who is local to my area. He's a real local activist trying to get the town moving out of this brain dead thinking the town's leaders have. There was a mention of having the State Government build a 'you beaut' football stadium for the National Rugby League(NRL). That really got my goat where I disagreed saying that our health services, education, etc is decaying and should be fixed first. I also said that if you can't afford to fund your own essential services and infrastructure, then no money should be put into a football field. *The NRL is a private organisation anyway. They should build it for themselves*
Apparently, this made me a selfish, negative person trying to stop everybody's fun. And apparently, it's my fault that my health is bad from alcohol abuse. Interesting since I never mentioned health issues. So I mentioned that my son needs specialist medical now, not in several years time but no, I was being selfish. Just as well I wasn't with them face to face for there would have been one helluver verbal argument going on.
I'm really sick of it. My wife is sick of it. I am tired of not knowing what my undiagnosed neurological condition is which really affects my capacity to look after myself at times now including experiencing pain in the shower from the water touching my skin. Just thinking about is upsetting and I'd love to get every political leader and a live feed to everybody's internet while I verbally assault these mongrels.
It is very stressful. No wonder people break and do stupid stuff.
Anyway, in my anger, frustration and everything else one may care to list, this motivate me to finally get off my lazy backside and send off my joining fee and application form to join the 'Tourettes Syndrome Association of Australia'. They have a private discussion forum which only financial members may access.
