getting to the roots of things

This blog post is a follow on from recently upload youtube video click here to view Living with chronic headaches.

Chronic head aches can be severely debilitating and soul destroying, I have been suffering with them for over a year now! They came on a few month following a full face impact into a side of a bus! Ouchhy you may think. Yes it was not to mention highly embarrassing landing as a heap on the floor of the bus! A kind man got up to lift me up off the floor and dusted me off. I felt sore and  disgruntled more than anything and  annoyed that the bus driver failed to notice anything had happen, 

but following on from the accident I had some discomfort around my nose and a slight headache, It was expected after such and impact but it wasn't anything I was overly worried about, If anything
I counted all my fingers and toes that I got away with only slight injuries. So I persuded the company
to report the accident.. not for Selfish gain more to get the drivers to slow down and take bit more care on there narrow country roads! where many have sheer clif top drops YIKKES!! yes very Yikes,
 but went through with claiming compensation, But soon enough the whole incident was all forgotten about and I carried on with my Employment and the rest of my life.

Then came September some six months later, I started to suffer head aches the odd one or two was unusual for me so this was more of an irritation to me, but then moving from to the end of September the begging of October they started to get worse. They where getting more and more frequent going from one or two a week to nearly everyday. The pain was getting more and more intense that the general Paracetamol wasn't killing the pain or for that matter getting any where near touching it.

This is the time to PANIC.....no no it wasn't but was the time to go on the hunt for my Gp.
This is where the fun begins ( If only hey) I use the term fun is a very sarcastic way.

Unbeknown to be me this was the start of weeks and months escalating to a year long battle with every Medical professional that I needed scans and referrals. that sad truth about the NHS system is that if you come in walking or make you're own way to hospital that you are likely to be made to wait subjected to a torrent of unnecessary questions and stupid waiting times, If however you are transport less or deam your Condition bad enough to require and AMBULANCE then to call one you are straight in. no waiting around for doctors to or nurses to treat Mr student with the bad case of the hangover, but are seen and treated like a Genuine person will and Illness!

What I find increasingly frustrating is that then NHS rather spends hundreds of our (taxpayers) money on pharmaceuticals to treat symptoms rather than spending that money on scans test and specialities to treat under lying causes and treat them. Why dope someone up too the eyeballs and give them enough pain relief to knock out a bull, wouldn't it make more sense to spend the money on treating the person and getting the off there case load?! This I feel is what I'm constantly Coming up against. The figure fixing statistic forming poor approach to health care. It's no longer there in interest of patient or there care but more to satisfy the local health board and to 'save' money. Although I can't see alot of saving going on to be honest.

All in all I feel extremely let down by the NHS, I feel frustrated that it's still a service in which I am finding myself battling against to get basic help, Some thing has to change and very soon,