When I had gone to my GP to have the lump on my knee checked out, she was very dismissive. But she did refer me for an x-ray. And when I was confident the results would be in, I phoned back. The receptionist told me that the result was "normal". I asked what that meant. The question had been: What was the lump on my knee? Not: Is my knee normal? She said the note said no fractures or bone lesions. And she didn't know anything more. And of course I couldn't ask more from the receptionist. She works with the information she has!
I'm now fairly certain I was fobbed off. So she didn't refer me for an x-ray because that was an efficient way of finding out what was wrong. That was probably just the cheapest possible investigation. And I don't think she cared that you can't clearly see any non-bone tissues on them. She is seen to have done something, and she probably is convinced I made the whole lump up anyway. But I didn't. When I encountered Dean while in running gear he spotted it from across the room.
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| My non-existent lump |
What I think I'll do is let it grow a little bit bigger so it is even more conspicuous than it already is, and then ask for a second opinion from a different GP in my local surgery. I suppose the first GP just wasted some NHS time and money by sending me for useless scan. Let's hope a second one can do better!
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