My current medical disaster

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I WANT TO KNOW WHY I was retired on the grounds of ill health and taken off the dental register on June 12th 1998. and it has been extremely stressful for the last ten years as I tried to get answers to why I was "struck off" as a Dentist.

 Two years ago, in 2006,  I was diagnosed with having “a silent heart attack” a previous GP having ignored/refused to treat for six months my symptoms  of pain, numbness and coldness in my left arm. My little finger sometimes went paralysed with cramp also.

I also went to my dentist for un-localised toothache in my left jaw but the Dentist, and I, both could not see a reason for the pain via radiograph. This could indicate a heart problem.

My next Doctor’s surgery immediately discovered I had no pulse and no discernible blood pressure in my left arm, high cholesterol and a high BP in my right arm. 180/? I believe.

I was sent to the Local Cardiologist where an echo scan apparently showed I had had a silent heart attack. I was placed on Warfarin, aspirin, Cardicore and Bisropol.

I finally had a 4th angiogram, right radial approach, specifically to determine my cardio condition which has left me with no right radial pulse.

The general surgeon diagnosed a “blockage” in an artery and I was scheduled for a subclavian carotid bypass.

Prior to this operation, Easter 2008, the diagnostic echo scan was missing and I had to have a repeat echo scan.

The anaesthetic team then told me pre-op to stop Warfarin immediately as THIS scan showed my heart to be “anatomically sound”,

A misdiagnosis was one explanation given and I needed resolution to my ongoing stress, which I had explained to them.
The operation was performed BUT the symptoms still remain exactly the same as above to this day.

The angiograms

I have been to my GP many times since to get more reassurance re my heart rather than” this says it is OK” whilst showing me the relevant professional communications.

There is a 2-3 generation family history of sudden fatal male heart attacks at age 50-60, my age now and I also now have no pulse in either radial artery.

I asked another GP for “more than just words” and/or something as the symptoms were still present in BOTH hands.

She angrily sent me to the local mental health unit as I was an ungrateful patient and I should forget about 40 years of Dentistry. She wrote in my medical notes that I REQUESTED the visit to the psychiatrist and was grateful for her referral

I saw the counsellors 3-4 weeks later and was asked if I was suicidal. I categorically said NO trying to explain the last ten years.

The 80 minute appointment revolved around their insistence I was suicidal. I was not, at the time.

My left arm went cold and tingly. My left chest felt "odd" as I sat there.

Christmas 2008