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Chronicles of the Heart, part 15…

Posted Jun 17 2011 2:02pm

A few days ago, as you might have read , I had to discontinue my heart failure med, Candesartan, as the side effects were just too serious to ignore, and causing injury.

Now, as I said in Part 13 , the idiot doctor who reviewed my echocardiogram said I have calcification of the aortic valve, not heart failure (even though the former makes the latter more likely, not less), which poses a rather interesting question – like, having stopped a drug specifically for heart failure why, a few days down the line, do I feel so appallingly ill?

And yes, a letter to this effect will be winging its way to my GP who, so far, has failed to respond to my 4-page letter detailing my dissatisfaction with the St. Cath’s GP pretending to be a cardiology consultant, and her handling of my case which rather lacks competence, as well as asking for a second opinion of my echo.

I’m trying to avoid suing somebody while legal aid is still with us (because, really, nobody wins), but it’s beginning to look unavoidable that it’s my GP whose going to be getting it in the neck, because he’s being such a useless bastard.

Just sayin’…


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