My son has recently been diagnosed with Addison Disease. He has been having problems getting someone to teach him how to inject steroids which if needed will save his life. Was told the nurses are not allowed to teach him, only 1 doctor at the surgery is allowed to teach him! Also they was mean't to give him some syringes they only gave him just the needle part! what about the rest of it!? The doctor was going to ring him but my son never received the call. Phoned the surgery to tell them and they said there was no record of the appointment and that he has to ring the next morning and get another telephone appointment. Lets hope my son doesn't have an Adrenal Crisis which can be fatal if he doesn't have the equipment and doesn't know how to inject.
"Terrible!"
About: Hawthorn Medical Centre Hawthorn Medical Centre Swindon SN2 1UU https://www.hawthornmedicalcentre.co.uk/
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