Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi all. Does anyone else suffer with this. I'll explain as well as I can.
So a few weeks back I slipped and hit my head on the ground. My head was cut open and hurt so bad it felt like my face had been ripped off. I did have other injuries but all I could feel mainly was my head. I was taken to hospital but they sat me in a and e. I was so uncomfortable all I wanted to do was sleep. The pain got so bad I laid on the floor just to relieve the pressure on my back. I got told off by the staff but I explained it hurt too much to sit. They still got annoyed at me. I couldnt work out why as I was in so much pain why did they act this way!
I was left on a bed in a room, I was just laying there in agony for ages. A doctor glued my head up then said right you can go now. I struggled to put my coat on and he put a leaflet in my shoe. I then had someone saying come on out now we need the bed. I was foggy, confused, in alot of pain.
I made it to the car park, stopping alot of the way and i couldnt walk straight. A week later the wounds infected so I see the gp. I think I'm just there for antibiotics but shes concerned as it turns out I have concussion and she wants me to get checked out st hospital. I dont see the point as I'll just be in pain there then sent home. So I go home. My memory is improving slowly and I'm not almost passing out now.
I know others who go to hospital with tiny things and get proper treatment. They didnt even xray my wrist which was painful, swollen and had a hard lump sticking out. (Still the same).
In the past I broke my finger, as soon as I'd done it i told my mum. She got me to help carry the shopping. Only after a week of me saying it hurts did I find out it was broken.
I've injured my leg badly it eventually needed an operation but the dr said how on earth did you walk on that.
My husband thinks I need to act more, cry, apparently I dont show pain in my face! I find this an odd thing to do. If I say I'm in pain I'm in pain I cant act.
Anyone else have relaying your pain to the dr issues?
Head injuries- pain is not a major concern, but rather neurological symptoms like drowsiness, nausea, double vision in coordination etc.
The fact you lay on the floor complaining, may have meant they viewed this as having a large psychosomatic presentation.
As Auties we can be indifferent to pain, noticing it as a symptom without itv causing distress, so difficult for a doctor to assess
I didnt lay on the floor complaining lol. I laid on the floor as sitting caused huge pressure in my hip and back. The nurses came over I said I'm okay just need to relieve the pressure from my hip and back this I'd the only way. Sitting or standing was pure agony. They moaned at me for laying but I wssent in anyones way just in excruciating pain