I now know the anguish that Peter and Deidre were going through a while back. I wish them both all the best and hope to see you soon.
With my situation, last year I was seeing a Chiropractor to straighten my back, but when work dried up, could no longer justify the expense. So 2 weeks ago I went to my Doc about a foot problem and mentioned my back problem in passing hoping I could get treatment (physio) on the NHS.
Within 24hrs I had xRays, 4 days later called in for blood tests and to see the Specialist - she's not happy with the Doc as she did not organise the tests.
Full skeletal scan next wednesday as they think I have Myeloma which is a bone marrow cancer.
I am shi**ing myself at the outcome of the scan. Obviously the blood tests showed significant amounts of stuff I shouldn't have such as paraprotien etc.
Peter, I now know the anguish that you went through. I didn't understand before for which I now apologise.