So What Did the Surgery Have to Say?

It’s been about a month since I posted my letter of complaint on this old blog of mine. It’s got quite a few hints since then, so it’s about time I told you what my local GP surgery said in reply.

But before I do that here’s a little reminder of why I sent it to them. You see, after everything that I’ve been through in the past year I considered not bothering, but when their mental health nurse said that perhaps I would get some form of closure about the way they treated me if I complained.

So what did they say? Did they accept responsibility for the misdiagnosis? Did the reception team accept any responsibility for the way they treated me?

I Can't Really Stop Breathing, Can I?

Recently medical types have summed up my situation perfectly:

If I had sprained my wrist or twisted my ankle it would be strapped up and I'd be told not to use it or put any weight on it.
But because it was my diaphragm that was operated on it's a completely different situation. I can't rest my diaphragm because I need it to breath and it's in use 24/7. That's why it's so painful at times and that's why it's taking so long to recover from my operation.

It's getting to the point now where I'm kind of getting used to things being this way.