Sorry For My Absence Early Birds X

[Smowball]

To cut a long story short I've not been well since Sunday eve until yesterday afternoon really - didn't even manage to leave bedroom apart from bathroom. Lost all sense of time/day. Have spoken to doctor last night to try and get to bottom of things, fingers crossed....

Hope we've all been behaving? Have I missed anything important??  Cannot believe it's Friday tomorrow and I've almost missed this week completely!!

[barry1010]

Sorry to hear you've been poorly, hope you've been looked after.

Nothing exciting to report, but I never have anything exciting to report 😕 

[Smowball]

Just nice to hear from you barry, as always. Just frustrated when, in a regular medical practise one doctor doesn't seem to talk to the other, let alone update my notes online. If I have one more doctor ring me and say " how can I help you? " and not seem to know a thing about me!! And I end up explaining the same thing, over and over again..... I could honestly scream.

[barry1010]

I would scream too.

[Smowball]

This is what happened when they either don't see you face to face and so can't recall patients, or they are so dis-interested when they see you that they just aren't really listening to a single word you say!

[ladybirder]

Very relieved to see you posting again Smow.  

[Smowball]

Ahh Thankyou LB - hope you're ok?

[Rosie29]

Im so sorry Smow - you really are having a relentlessly hard time recently.

If you're not getting any satisfactio from your doctors should you consider calling 111 or going to A and E  ?  You seem a very stoical person but perhaps you are putting up with too much xx

[calda49]

So nice to have you back, and I hope you get somewhere with your doctor. You can actually make an appoinment to see a doctor face to face at my surgery, they are very good and the receptionists are very helpful if you call in. Saying that it is an small off-shoot of the main medical practise further away.

Has anybody been watching DNA Journey? Somehow I can't get into it, although I thoroughly enjoyed Long Lost Families and Who Do You Think You Are. It seems so rambling or is that just me?

[Hazlinny]

Good to see you back - was getting worried x   I am fortunate, have an excellent GP who does listen and the practice has just come second in the county for its good treatment of patients. Previously you did mention a heart problem - have you had all the relevant investigations?  Take care. x

[ladybirder]

Still here Smow, still here thanks.

[Rosetta]

Glad to see you back Smow, you are having a tough time mediclly at the moment and you must be sick of it.Hope the docs can help you, they dont seem to have been much good up to now. Its a shame GP's  services are so variable.

nothing much has happened here and there have been the usual squabbles here on AB

[naomi24]

Smow, no need to apologise.  Anyone can start the GMEB thread so you don't have to feel bad for missing it.  I'm pleased you're feeling better.