Retrieving Mums Health Records

Savvy_Sue

Ladywriter1968 wrote: »

Is there anything you can do differently to make things better health-wise if it is or is not genetic?

well, that's the kind of thing I'd be asking the GP. I suspect that some of the medical problems you have now can be improved by 'lifestyle changes', and perhaps if you'd known earlier that your mum had conditions which might be passed on, then you could have made those changes earlier, BUT you can't do anything about it now.

I was talking to one of my siblings earlier today, I had several long lasting bouts of nausea, giddiness and labrynthitis (sorry I've probably spelled that wrong!) a few years ago, and they've now had a few with today's being very nasty. It could well be something we've inherited, although neither Mum nor Dad ever complained of such things. We'll just swap 'how to cope' tips ... mostly 'lie in a darkened room until the world stops spinning' kind!

Ladywriter1968

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all your replies, I did managed to find out from "the Freedom of information Acts" but unfortunately after a persons death they destroy the records just after 8 years, and the lady searched it for me and she said 1985, no sorry its been destroyed. So I have no way of finding out nothing now. Mums GP was a joke and no good and he was struck off years ago I believe and the surgery closed down. The hospital she died at has also closed down years ago. But if her records have been destroyed then they have. Yet adoption records are kept for 25 years my friend said.

Ladywriter1968

This is the site I started out at and got the answer from. Anyone on here searching may have better luck the me. Just type in your borough council in the bar etc and they have to answer you by law or give you a number to call. or I should have said the borough council where your parent died and resided in. Note, this is for the UK Only I believe.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/

Good luck

Mrs_P_Pincher

I know you're desperate for answers because I have seen you posting on at least one other site under the same user name, but it looks as if this is a dead end.

I empathise with what you are trying to do, because my Mum's undiagnosed and untreated mental illness blighted my childhood, but you may just have to let this go and concentrate on getting yourself well.

Mrs P P

Ladywriter1968

Well I will have to let it go now as I have no way of knowing anyway. Its just that my Mother had hypertension and now I have it, I have to take meds for life now. I also have thyroid disease now of which I dont know if Mum suffered this or not. She suffered swollen ankles if they got in the sun, now my ankles are swollen, but not due to sun though but more health probs. I think that when a family member dies they should offer the medical records to next of kin rather then just destroying them. Oh well. I had a bad panic attack the other night which I have never had before so didnt know what it was until was told, I remember once when Mum was out shopping and she said she started to run for no reason and fell and hurt herself, so wonder if hers was same.

Ladywriter1968

Mupette wrote: »

just been reading a book about He-La and although in it is in America, family can and do get medical records and for a very long time after not just 25 years.

Uk only hold them for 8 years, typical

carolan78

If the hospital is no longer there I would try the local archives. I know West Yorkshire Archive services have records going back over 150 years from hospitals that have closed. To be able to search for your mum's records though you will have to prove your related. You can only freely search peoples records if they have been deceased for 100 years hth.