I fit my Friday routine around an afternoon appointment with my doctor today, so I am keen to get as far as I possibly can with my weekly vlog before I have to leave the house to drive over to Aldborough Surgery. I research my chosen subject (infrared light therapy for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s) and write a script before I have to go.
I originally made the appointment for the purpose of requesting that my doctor apply to the Home Office’s Expert Panel for medicinal cannabis on prescription, but found out he wasn’t on the British Medical Council’s list of specialists (which is a requirement), so I decided to keep the appointment to discuss his reasons for refusing to prescribe exenatide to me, and also to find out the reason for my deteriorating hearing. I recently saw my neurologist at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, and persuaded him to write to my doctor to request that he prescribe exenatide to me, so it’ll be interesting to see if he has changed his mind again (he offered to prescribe this drug to me “off label” if my consultant said it could be “worth a try”, so I got my neurologist in London to write to him, whereupon he changed his mind without offering me any explanation). It transpires that he wanted to help me out, but the North Norfolk Prescription Service told him that he want allowed to, because there isn’t sufficient evidence that it’s effective for Parkinson’s – he has written to both neurologists telling them that he was unable to prescribe it, and suggesting that they could prescribe it to me instead. I have an appointment with my Norfolk neurologist next month, so I’ll quiz him about this then. My doctor checked my ears out, and it would seem that I need them syringing, so I make an appointment for ten days time. I tell my doctor (out of courtesy) that I intend to ask my (Norfolk) neurologist to apply to the Expert Panel (because he is on the list of specialists) for medicinal cannabis on prescription, and he wishes me good luck!