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So... went to see the excellent Dr Khaled Sadek today about the cyst. He took one glance at my head and said "That's not a cyst of any description. It's some type of follicular occlusion and is absolutely treatable under the NHS with no need for funding appeals or anything like that. It's a straightforward referral to dermatology and you'll see a consultant who will sort this out. I'll write to your GP and advise them of my diagnosis and suggest that they refer you. Any issues getting the referral email me and I'll help."
He said it's likely a mild case of "dissecting cellulitis". Don't be tempted to look it up on Google as the pics you see on there are EXTREME!!
If you do want to see the good Doc at work he does have a YouTube channel though... Dr Khaled Sadek - YouTube
Ten minutes after I'd walked out of his consultation rooms I had the email letter to my GP land in my inbox. All well and good. 'I'll read that when I get home' I think.
Get home, open it up and it's exactly what he's mentioned plus a little more detail. So I fire up the Patches system to send it over to the GP with a message asking for a referral to dermatology (which I'd asked for originally of course). Fought with the AI triage and managed to send it over. Signed in to Airmid to check exactly what the GP had put in my notes from the consultation about the cyst and see in bold letters that I have an appointment tomorrow morning. An appointment I've not been notified about by anyone. So back to email and this time I send a message to the GP surgery saying that I've just seen an appointment for tomorrow I didn't know about and can't attend so would like rescheduled for a week later and made into a double appointment.
I've asked them to double check their system settings for notifying me of appointments as clearly something's wrong. It wouldn't have been the first time that I'd missed an appointment that I didn't know I had if I hadn't signed in to check something unrelated. And missed appointments cost the NHS a fortune.
He said it's likely a mild case of "dissecting cellulitis". Don't be tempted to look it up on Google as the pics you see on there are EXTREME!!
If you do want to see the good Doc at work he does have a YouTube channel though... Dr Khaled Sadek - YouTube
Ten minutes after I'd walked out of his consultation rooms I had the email letter to my GP land in my inbox. All well and good. 'I'll read that when I get home' I think.
Get home, open it up and it's exactly what he's mentioned plus a little more detail. So I fire up the Patches system to send it over to the GP with a message asking for a referral to dermatology (which I'd asked for originally of course). Fought with the AI triage and managed to send it over. Signed in to Airmid to check exactly what the GP had put in my notes from the consultation about the cyst and see in bold letters that I have an appointment tomorrow morning. An appointment I've not been notified about by anyone. So back to email and this time I send a message to the GP surgery saying that I've just seen an appointment for tomorrow I didn't know about and can't attend so would like rescheduled for a week later and made into a double appointment.
I've asked them to double check their system settings for notifying me of appointments as clearly something's wrong. It wouldn't have been the first time that I'd missed an appointment that I didn't know I had if I hadn't signed in to check something unrelated. And missed appointments cost the NHS a fortune.