"Another waiting list? - no surgeon !"

Came into Wishaw General hospital for an appointment. It was a complete waste of time and so unprofessional.

To give you a bit of background I have a underbite. I’ve know this for years (when I was 12) and been thinking long and hard about getting surgery. Now for two years now I’ve wanted to go for surgery. I went to my dentist who referred me to the hospital to see about jaw surgery (this was January last year) of course after that we had the pandemic so services have been delayed.

 I got a letter in for an appointment for July 2021. The letter states how I will need x rays and this appointment will take up to 2 hours. When I came into the hospital at the ENT reception a receptionist had no mask on!

Then when I got seen you were lucky I was only there for 10 minutes and was a check up! The consultant gave me information which I already knew about and said they have a major back log and not to mention there has been no surgeon since before the pandemic. 

So I’ve to get x rays and molds done which will take another year ! It’s beyond a joke! Another waiting list- seriously !  It’s not like at this stage I need a surgeon to put braces on me! 

This is really affecting my mental health I have a jaw which clicks, jaw pain, over lapped teeth which makes me feel self conscious - I don’t want to smile because of it. I feel like this was a complete waste of time and not to mention a risk of health if they wanted a check up and to talk about surgery they could do it on zoom! 

I know that the NHS is stretched out due to the pandemic. However, it’s not good enough when I’m suffering from pain day to day and mental health issues because of this.