How are you feeling today?

[mamalou]

Depressed, slow, slurred speech, exhausted. Thinking I need more support. *^*



Zaf, sorry about your poorly throat and ear. If earrache carries on, get it checked. Ear infections are incredibly painful.  x x x x x x x

[Zaf]

I really am feeling very very ill now despite a long sleep, I can barely swallow, even water  and I ache all over, I'm sorry as I seem to have done nothing but whinge for weeks and I'm doing it again, I want to burst into tears I'm in so much pain 

Might not be around a lot till I feel better, even looking at a screen hurts my eyes


Z xxx

[KateG]

 %^% Zaf and mamalou xx

[CharleysAngel']

Hugs for you Zaf, you have had a very stressful and upsetting few days so its no wonder you are feeling so poorly. If it continues though do go and see a doctor xxx

Tired, my leg is hurting but not as bad as it was earlier. Didn't go to minor injuries today, mum said I can go and see the GP tomorrow if its still bad and see what she thinks. At least if she refers me I will get seen quicker.

[Zaf]

Thanks guys :)

Hope you get that leg looked at soon IceLolly

Z xxx

[Sweetpea]

Hopefully it will be the same at our surgery, our dr gives us an xray slip and we can go straight to the hospital and get it done.

 %^% %^% for Zaf and mamalou.

S x x x x

[Buttercup]

Oh no, it's different here, you get an X-ray appt for the local hospital which takes a week and then the results have to be sent back to your GP. In an emergency you opt to make the twenty mile journey to the main hospital.

[Sweetpea]

That sounds crazy Buttercup, A & E must get busy, doesn't make sense.

S x x x x

[Buttercup]

A&E gets very busy, when I had to take my hubby there we waited 2 hours to be triaged and then had to wait to see a dr and then for an X-ray and then to see the dr again.  It just a nightmare. If your GP thinks you need an urgent X-ray they write a letter for you to take but you still have to go through the whole triage system.  Makes no sense.

[Sweetpea]

Doesn't make sense, just seems to be making more work for them and stopping the triage nurses seeing people that are seriusly hurt, not saying your hubby wasn't but if its non urgent, but just needs to be xrayed and then to be seen by your gp again.  Just seems loopy to me. 

S x x x x

[Buttercup]

It is bizarre.

[Ezel]

We've been quite fortunate that when ever we have gone to A & E we haven't had to wait long.  The quickest visit was about 7 years ago when Rick tripped jogging and I was worried about his little finger.  He had broken it and dislocated it yet we were in and out in about 1/2 hour and it was on a Sunday morning (early).

[Buttercup]

Wow that really quick.

[CharleysAngel']

We have the same system as Shaz, if the GP wants to refer me for an x ray she will fill out a form to give me there and then which I hand in at minor injuries.

[KateG]

That just seems mental to me. But it's definitely a postcode lottery....

NHS in the Midlands - I was in and out in less than 90 minutes with a suspected broken ankle, X-rays, diagnosis, painkillers, the lot. (It was badly sprained)

NHS in Yorkshire - have been waiting almost 9 weeks to discover whether I have cervical cancer or not (and still waiting.....)