• Psymonkee@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Where to start? 😅

    Short version: been sick in various forms for the last 4 years with leg infections, epididymitis, covid and awful fatigue. Finally got an answer this past week of low testosterone. GP is unhelpful - won’t refer me to endocrinology or urology because things will just go back to normal if I lose weight.

    Long version? Eh, on request. Typing on my phone is awful.

    How can random folk on the Internet help? I’ve no idea! Is anyone knows how to brow beat the NHS GP service into actually caring about their patients is love to know the secrets.

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      9 months ago

      I am sorry you are experiencing this, it is so frustrating! Obligatory “I am not in the US” but what I ended up doing was to list my mom’s address as if I was still living there so I could access a different clinic with different doctors since the one I was stuck with gave me similar advice as yours. Not perfect but it kind of helped.

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        9 months ago

        Ah sadly due to the above happening I’ve been living at home with my folks so we’re all registered at the same surgery. Good idea though!