"Shocked and disappointed"

I arrived with my husband using a wheelchair that he found inside the front door of A/E.

Couldn't get 111 to answer the phone after a 15min try screaming in pain. Decided we needed to get to hospital under our own steam.

My rt. Knee had locked and i could not straightened my knee or put my foot on the floor.

I have had knee problems and been diagnosed with levels of osteoarthritis for the past eight years. I pay for physio when i need some professional support. My knee has never locked before and i was in extreme pain and very frightened.

I was sent for an X-Ray which was agony and i was very tearful because of the pain.

When i was called back to see a doctor. I was told that 'their hands were tied' and I would have to return to my GP later that day and take painkillers.

I was horrified. Then began my agonising journey home, some 5 hours after i had arrived here and i had not received any treatment. I really thought I would have been referred at least to an orthopaedic clinic.

Both my GP and my physio believe that a piece of bone or cartilage had become trapped in my knee joint and at least

I will need another arthroscopy to remove any debris.

I have heard from the referral service relating to a referral of over two weeks earlier, only to be told that there are no orthopaedic appointments available yet. So i don't even have a date.

I am one disillusioned mother of a surgeon.

Please contact me to discuss further or are your hands tied too.