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which is now hopefully coming to an end?! Timing is
everything lol! Probably could have done with this
appointment at the START of the process rather than
the end but that’s NHS timing for you and at least it’s got
me back into the elusive mental health service. I might
now also be able to access help for my bi-polar and
PTSD. The cancer nurses and Doctors assumed I had a
community nurse and a psychologist and all sorts! Once
I’m through this last bout of post chemo illness I have
my mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in mid Feb
and then, HOPEFULY TOUCH WOOD I will have
won the fight - I don’t want to jinx myself. THANK
YOU for being there for me to sound off to!

20 January 2015 —
OH WORCESTERSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES JUST WHEN WE THINK YOU CANT BE
ANY CRAPPER! Just got back from an appointment
with a Psychiatrist! I’ve been trying to access mental
health services for the past 3 years none stop via my GP,
cancer nurse, doctors, anyone I can ask for help... I’ve
been put on waiting lists and then mysteriously
disappeared from them about 4 or 5 times. The nearest I
got to help was 1 appointment with a psychologist at
who, on my 1st appointment told me he was leaving, the
whole psychology department was shutting down and
not being replaced with anything and I would have to go
back to start again.....This is with a diagnosis of bi-polar
disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and now of
course cancer on top of my pre-existing physical illnesses
(Fibromyalgia, ME, Chronic Migraine yada yada) So,
today I was told there was nothing this Psychiatrist could