THURSDAY 5TH FEBRUARY
I contacted my GP surgery to see if Neurology had been in touch and I was asked to call the local hospital appointment department where I was told to give it until Monday and call back. I said it was an urgent referral and it was explained that the referral had not yet been vetted. It had been referred back to Dr Tyagi the neurologist who I had seen recently in December I then called the GP surgery back and explained what I had been told by the hospital, Dr Stevenson was in a meeting so I asked the reception to note that I was frustrated with the lack of speed that it was being dealt with considering it was an urgent referral. I emailed Dr Tyagi myself with a copy of the report from New York.
MONDAY 9TH FEBRUARY
Dr Tyagi emailed to say he had a copy of my scan and with the report I sent from Dr Shapiro in New York he was planning on speaking to the neuroradiologist from the private hospital at Ross Hall that week and then he would be in touch for further management.
WEDNESDAY 18TH FEBRUARY
I have not had a response from any medical profession and still await what the further management is. I wonder what the protocol would be if I had presented with a VAD that had actually been recognised and diagnosed straight away, would I be given medication and sent immediately for an angiogram and given something to take away the extreme headache?
Whirring Wanderer
