"Blinding toothache..."

I wanted to write as after days of blinding toothache which practically made me feel my jaw was going to break in two we called 111 and referred us to Crosshouse at the weekend.   I was seen by Robert  and Katrina and they were just incredible. I have had a kidney transplant, so naturally they wanted to ensure everything was ok to do an extraction.

The SHO from the dental area came down saying they could probably do something in a matter of weeks.   In fairness she was probably following a script.   The nurse Katrina really fought my corner and the dentist said look at how’s he’s presenting we need to do something now, it can’t wait.   I then said to extract the tooth, I’ll sign whatever is needed. We agreed to go ahead and Robert is basically a hero in my eyes as he did it as painlessly as possible and I expected hours of bleeding. By 5pm it was completely stopped and thanks to him and amazing nurse Katrina I am no longer in the pain I was in (now just the pain of extraction) and feel 100 times better.  

People like Robert and Katrina are the reason the NHS exists, I feel they put the needs of the patient first without compromising any rules or policies and checked everything was right to do it due to my transplant.   I will forever be grateful to them both and cannot thank them enough for getting rid of the excruciating pain I was in. A true credit and testimony to why we need the NHS