An increasing number of people are having their NHS rose tinted spectacles smashed into painful fragments. Trusting that the doctor and the system he or she works in will be there for you and provide adequate care has become an act of deluded self harm. However even the most hardened and vociferous critics of the NHS like myself tend to expect that one would get some help with a medical emergency in a hospital emergency department. The clue is in the name right? Sadly my recent experience proved to me that the NHS uses language akin to Orwell’s Big Brother, I.e. totally detached from reality.
So sorry to read this Romy.....my mum is currently having tests for bowel cancer, having been fobbed off for 18 months with "oh it's just piles". I could scream. Time to tell the truth. The nhs is shit.
Just a thought - your pain, is it like jolts of electricity through your upper jaw? If yes, then it could well be Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN). Otherwise, check out Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMD, TMJ). I hope you get a diagnosis and effective treatment soon!
Forgive the intrusion but I had a similar pain in my upper left jaw for ages, over 3 years. Eventually my dentist offered to drill in to a tooth and sure enough there was an abscess in the root. This is not meant to alarm you. The root and abscess was removed and I had 2 courses of antibiotics but it was a massive relief. X-rays etc had not identified this. Later the tooth broke in half and was tidied up to a stump awaiting an implant. It is still like that because I won’t go along with pandemic restrictions or spend my savings in these uncertain times.
So sorry to read this Romy.....my mum is currently having tests for bowel cancer, having been fobbed off for 18 months with "oh it's just piles". I could scream. Time to tell the truth. The nhs is shit.
Just a thought - your pain, is it like jolts of electricity through your upper jaw? If yes, then it could well be Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN). Otherwise, check out Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMD, TMJ). I hope you get a diagnosis and effective treatment soon!
Forgive the intrusion but I had a similar pain in my upper left jaw for ages, over 3 years. Eventually my dentist offered to drill in to a tooth and sure enough there was an abscess in the root. This is not meant to alarm you. The root and abscess was removed and I had 2 courses of antibiotics but it was a massive relief. X-rays etc had not identified this. Later the tooth broke in half and was tidied up to a stump awaiting an implant. It is still like that because I won’t go along with pandemic restrictions or spend my savings in these uncertain times.