"Misdiagnosis"

Taken to Heartlands A +E by ambulance suffering severe abdominal pain. I was admitted and treated by a doctor who checked me physically and asked me questions I informed him i hadn't had a bowel movement for 2-3days which was unusual. The doctor then checked my bladder and waterworks to rule out a UTI. I was sent for a X ray and I returned and waited for the result. The doctor came not long after and informed me I had a compacted blocked bowel and admitted me for treatment.

I was moved to ward 11 and waited for a long time in agonising pain. A junior doctor came to see me and all they was interested in was how much I was drinking. I explained I hardly drunk anymore and hadn't for some time because I have pancreatitis through alcohol.

The other doctor saw me in the afternoon and basically insulted me made out I was lying about the drinking and my pancreatitis had escalated to acute and if I drank anymore I would die. I explained about the A+E doctor's diagnosis and was abruptly told that A+E doctor's know nothing and this person was the authority.

I tried to explain the pain was not pancreatitis as my lower bowel was swollen and agonising with pain, again they brushed it off and left.

I spent 3 days in unbelievable pain and feared for my life as my friend was in the other ward after a similar thing, he had most of his bowel removed and was on death's door in ICU.

One evening i was in so much pain i begged a nurse for help, who made a call and after 20mins a porter arrived with some powder which turned out to be a children's laxative. I took it and after 30 minutes i started passing wind and the swelling started to go and the pain decreased. I went out and walked around for 2 hours passing wind and eventually had a large bowel movement which itself was painful. Eventually I managed to evacuate and felt brilliant. The doctor never came back to see me and I learnt I was being discharged the next day.

The doctors had no idea that i had effectively self medicated and cured myself. It stands to reason that the doctors were quite oblivious to my blockage and were willing to send me home with a life threatening problem.

Nor did these so called doctor's check my records,if they had they would have seen I have diverticulitis and IBD. Instead they assumed it was pancreatitis and never examined me correctly or listened to what I told them. I am disgusted with Heartlands and the so called doctors. And i intend to take the matter as far as i can.