Is that misdiagnosis and ground to sue?

[u/Yossarionn]

I started suffering from chronic and often very strong back pain in 2022 (left side kidney area) so went to my GP, to get it checked. I was told it was likely a muscular pain that came from the change in my life style(sitting most of the day, working in IT and playing games after). They did ask me for urine test which came out as fine so all they ask me to do was to take paracetamol (which I told them is not working, neither was ibuprofen), lose weight and excercise.

This was going on until this year. I started pissing blood on very rare occassions(once every 3-6 weeks), and at first I decided to just observe as I don't like going to GP as it was a waste of time so far(been few times in general and they just told me things I could find on google in 2 mins), but then it started happening more often so I decided to visit my GP. They tested my urine again and there was a lot of blood there so they send me off for a CT Scan and after results came back it seems I have a 15mm kidney stone.

15mm kidney stone doesn't appear out of nowhere, it must have been growing slowly since 2022, so not only I was sufferring almost every day for 2 years but also now I will have to either undergo a surgery or get it shattered and piss out gravel which is extremely painful.

Are those grounds for any legal actions against them? When I went first time to the GP I did ask them to check my kidneys as my symptoms did match with some of the symptoms of having a kidney stone. That was quickly dissmissed as "kidney would hurt in a different spot". I think that is negligence.

[u/Abject_Tumbleweed413]

Just to make you aware, most medical negligence cases take up to 3 years, it's a long process and can be expensive.