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"I've had postnatal depression as well. And especially when I had it with the twins, it took me a year to actually get some help. And to get some medication for it. Because my GP wasn't listening to me and neither was my home visitor."
"There was a time a few years ago when I had some scans because of this lump in my neck. And basically for two weeks [I was] thinking I was gonna die. And then he was just like 'Oh no, it's just a cyst.' But at no point before...did they kind of...read more
"I had a car accident, about 20 years ago, which really damaged my spine. And I got support from my GP. But after about three years of struggling, his answer was to give up work and go on disability... I didn't get offered any rehab
I felt like I was just...read more
"CAMHS have actually made life much more difficult for us
They actually have aggravated every thing that [they] were supposed to help with. Their services are so poor."
"I remember in hospital on my medical notes [it said] this patient needs help to do basic needs...[But] the nurses who were looking after me, when I'd ask them for certain things they would look at me like 'Well, just get up and do it.' I mean, one got to the...read more
"I had a sister who was in a care home. As soon as you walked in, you could smell things that you shouldn't have. And it wasn't her fault. I mean...she did actually [get a] room for herself, but others were put together. And it's never been anything like the standard of...read more