Health Boards
Wed-28-02-2018, 18:04 PM
Sounds like they are following the NICE pathway without remembering to treat you as a human being.. it seems it’s what GPs do - follow a flow chart.
My doc kept trying this and that on me, in the end I filled a carrier bag with all the prescription creams etc and dumped them out on her desk. She still made me try one more thing (probably exorex!) but I got referred in the end. I was getting fed up with the prescription expenditure as well as the pain and itching..
It might also take showing your emotions - it shouldn’t be necessary but if you feel like tears then the doc might as well see them..
I would suggest you get a pot of sudocrem (not tube) from the baby section in the supermarket/ chemist (so long as you’re not allergic to lanolin) for the privates, as the zinc content will hopefully soothe it a bit for now.
My doc kept trying this and that on me, in the end I filled a carrier bag with all the prescription creams etc and dumped them out on her desk. She still made me try one more thing (probably exorex!) but I got referred in the end. I was getting fed up with the prescription expenditure as well as the pain and itching..
It might also take showing your emotions - it shouldn’t be necessary but if you feel like tears then the doc might as well see them..
I would suggest you get a pot of sudocrem (not tube) from the baby section in the supermarket/ chemist (so long as you’re not allergic to lanolin) for the privates, as the zinc content will hopefully soothe it a bit for now.