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Old March 22nd 06, 09:04 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Default UPDATE I'm a bit worried, too (OT)


"Debbie Wilson" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

Well, I decided I ought to make an appointment with my doctor, so I
phoned
yesterday after I got home from work. It took half an hour to get
through,
their phone was continually engaged.
"Could I make an appointment to see one of the doctors, please?"

"If you want an appointment this week, you have to phone at 8 a.m each
day."

"Okay, thanks.."


In your situation and with that kind of a wait time, I would make a
direct approach to the secretary of the consultant who treated you and
explain in detail your history and your concerns. May be able to get
some feedback that way and either bypass the GP practice or find out it
will be OK to wait for an appt. It should be possible to speak directly
to the consultant's secretary either via the switchboard or maybe
looking on the hosp website for a number.


I did consider that but I don't really want to bother my consultant. I made
a personal visit to my GP's surgery today to make an appointment. The
earliest I could get one was Monday 3 March so I booked it. If I'd wanted
to see a particular GP, it would have been longer, I said I wasn't bothered
who I saw, so I got my appointment with the least popular doctor in the
practice, Dr N.

The reason he is unpopular is because his English is very poor, it's very
difficult to understand what he says. I've heard lots of patients say that
they don't want to see him as they come out of the consultation no wiser
than when they went in.
I have a soft spot for him. It was he who admitted me immediately to
hospital with bad abdominal pain and therefore effectively saved my life
last year.
A few years ago, a dog fight erupted here, so severe that I had to prise
open some jaws to make them let go. I got bitten on the hands in the
fracas. I popped down the the surgery and saw Dr N. I explained what had
happened very carefully as I didn't want him to think my dogs had actually
*bitten* me.
He listened, then leaned forward in a very confidential manner and whispered
"Why were you fighting with a dog?" !!

Tweed