Originally Posted by
The Merse
Fuck it. I'm using my private from now on if I have anything causing serious concern.
The original doctor that diagnosed a pulled ligament, the one that said I had a plica, the junior doc who misread the sodding MRI as a medial ligament tear as opposed to what it actually turns out to be today (stated clearly on the notes that came with the MRI)... Arthritis caused by a complex Medial Miniscal tear.
It's not that they're bad doctors at all, I'm sure, but I'd just far rather see a specialist such as the one I saw today at the earliest opportunity. For a year I've used anti inflammatories and pain killers whilst being told a ligament will heal itself, and during that time arthritis has been occurring and in the words of today's specialist (who did Rafa Nadal's knee - swish), it's now a case of surgery or a new knee in 5 years. With a small chance that it may already have gone too far since the MRI in October.
The £200 excess seemed steep before when I'd already been living with it for 6 months by the time that I had the PMB added via my promotion, but I wish I'd stumped it up in June after all now.