05/03/2026
Plot twist, it wasn't the country gig that did my hip in π¬
Last week I posted about switching off at the Cam gig with Dan.
Dancing? Fine
Running for the bus the next day? NOPE
Cue an A&E visit with a popped hip π₯
The good news, I was in and out if there in just over an hour.
Genuinely impressed!
But the NHS logic that makes no sense...
Doctor, "We need an X-ray. Walk down to radiology"
I walk to radiology
Radiologist, "I can't X-ray you. You're not on a trolley"
Me, "But... I just walked here?"
Radiologist, "You need to walk BACK to A&E so they can order a porter to PUT you on a trolley, and THEN bring you back here"
Me, "So I'm here in radiology department with a possible hip fracture and you want me to walk on it back to A&E so they can put me in a trolley for you to then X-ray it? Can you make this make sense, please" π
So I walked back. Doctor went mad he walked me to radiology, and got X-rayed.
11 days later?
Still no results!
This is the system our healthcare workers are navigating every single day.
Brilliant staff doing their absolute best within processes that don't make sense.
This isn't about the people.
It's about the SYSTEM.
And also... maybe I should stop running for buses π€£
Anyone else had NHS experiences that make you go "wait, WHAT?"
πΈ My puzzled face in A&E