Paranoia may have set in (a whinge)

Is it my imagination, or am I on some sort of doctor's pilot scheme to see if people will get better just as quickly with no real help whatsoever?

I've had a painful wrist for about a year now.

The doctor has looked at it on several occasions, bent it about a bit, listened to a few "ouches" and "ows" and then reached for the prescription pad.  Painkillers and anti-inflammatories. With a caution not to take them longer then necessary. "Let's see how it goes" was the comment.

Well, it didn't go! And it didn't go the second and third time the scenario was repeated.

I can put up with the pain if I have to. But do I have to? Wouldn't it better to know what it might be caused by and if I can heal it?

At long last I have now been referred to a physiotherapist. I trust the outcome does not include any suggestion that it could have been treated a lot more easily if I had not left it so long before treatment.......