I really hate it when GP's receptionists say this as I always assume that if I'm well enough to make the call, then it isn't.. but would appreciate some opinions!
Under loads of stress at the moment (job/terminally ill parent/ back and forth to hospital all the time/ etc). Feeling so tired I can't concentrate - it takes me over an hour to write an email at work where I normally dash out a contract in a few hours. For the last week I've had numbness in my face, fingers and feet; occasional chattering teeth and shaking hands not linked to the cold, and occasional 'grey-outs' - not quite fainting, but not quite not. Dizziness/vertigo all the time with occasional tunnel vision. All seems fairly commensurate with stress, so I'm not expecting a GP to do anything.
Now I've started vomiting without warning as well - no nausea, just a sort of 'wander along perfectly normally and blam!' sort of vomiting. I want to get it checked out in case it's an ulcer, but GPs tells me that unless it's urgent I need to wait another three weeks for an appointment. There's no way I want to 'bump' an elderly person, so my instinct says it isn't urgent, but not sure I can go around randomly vomiting and not being able to see properly for another three weeks.
Could I ask WWYD in the circumstances? Ignore and hope it gets better, or call back and say 'it is urgent, actually...'?
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"Is it really urgent?" Would you say this merited an appointment at the GP?
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vladthedisorganised · 05/12/2012 09:29
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