"Don’t Expect Help"

I have been suffering with pain in my left leg for a year. I have been pushed pillar to post and still am undiagnosed. I am now unable to dress myself and some days can barely walk. I have to work. I have asked for help and have been referred to physio, I then was referred to the Spine clinic who arranged an MRI of my spine and lower back. This came back clear. Yet I am still in increasing pain. I am on painkillers constantly which are making me depressed. I have increased my dose of antidepressants to try and counteract this, I’ve done this with no advice from the doctor. Nothing is helping. I have numbness and pain down my left leg and it is now painful to sit down. I contacted the surgery again by econsult asking for different pain relief and that I am very depressed. I can’t function properly anymore. I have asked for a copy of my MRI results letter. To be told I have to contact the hospital for this. I have contacted the hospital previously and asked for the scan and report, so I can take it elsewhere to be reviewed. I have been told it could take 6 months. I’ve just had a note on the NHS app from Woolpit just saying to get my results from the hospital. They haven’t reviewed my pain relief or my antidepressants, they haven’t spoken to me on the phone. I’ve asked before for some constipation relief due to the painkillers, that also has been ignored. I’m literally being left to deal with this. I can’t take this anymore and now I’m left to try and find another doctor to transfer to. If you are looking for a helpful doctor then go elsewhere these guys haven’t got time for you.