Posted by Pete on 15/7/2009, 11:03 am, in reply to "Progress"

Roy, My experience with the medical profession is equally hopeless. About 25 years ago I spoke to a hospital doctor about my problem with peeing and he said I should see a psychologist, obviously knowing nothing about the condition. He sent me back to my GP to arrange this. She said "Go away and don't think about it and don't use public toilets", How helpful ! Recently' after discovering this website and realising that I wasn't a "prime freak" I mentioned it to my present GP who said "I've some colleagues like that and they just use cubicles" obviously not realising that some poor guys can't even do that. When I told him that, in many ways, this "thing" had largely ruined my life he just couldn't understand how this could possibly be. I suggested a notice be put in the Waiting Room to make people aware that they are not alone with the problem and that help could be found with UKPT,but he dismissed the idea completely. I was disgusted - to put it in polite language ! It seems that the medical profession has all the answers and if it doesn't "know" about something it pretends it doesn't exist. Glad to have a chance to get this off my chest and to say "Thank God for UKPT" who have helped me in so many ways to start, in my old age, to live a more "normal" life. Pete (a different one !)

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