Christina Websell wrote:

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.

He sounds like a good guy to me :-)
You should not be worried about 'bothering' your consultant - don't be
old-fashioned ;-) That's what his secretary is there for, to field such
calls and he is there to look after his patients, of whom you are one.
You are entitled to ask for help and with the NHS sometimes you need to
shout to get it ;-) Anyway, hopefully Dr N will make sure you receive
the appropriate care ASAP, and if anything worsens in the meantime don't
hesitate to demand a more urgent appointment. Speaking as a medical
artist, who gets to see things from the medics' side from time to time!

Deb.
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