Scimons Random Thought Table » nhs http://www.khanate.co.uk The Xth iteration of my blog, with shiny Wordpress goodness Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:25:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Small post about the NHS http://www.khanate.co.uk/2009/10/16/small-post-about-the-nhs/ http://www.khanate.co.uk/2009/10/16/small-post-about-the-nhs/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:00:15 +0000 Scimon http://www.khanate.co.uk/?p=36 So I got my feet X-Rayed yesterday. Which is hopefully a step in the right direction in the ongoing “Scimon walks like a penguin, a drunk penguin” issue. Of course the final destination may be “Sorry, not much we can do. Here’s some inserts and would you like some pain management?” but it’s something.

But what got me was the options for pain management that were mentioned, Steroid Injections and (drum roll here) Acupuncture.

On the NHS.

I politely replied in the negative to this one, saying (and I quote) “I’d rather now have the Acupuncture because firstly I’ve got an intense fear of needles and secondly I don’t believe in it. So even if there’s a placebo effect I won’t get that.”

Which considering my usual desire to not offend people was pretty strong stuff. Anyhow, there are many things to do, so I shall got and do them.

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