Wwyd, Dr wants me to go to a&e

[Alpacathebag]

I've been feeling a bit off colour for a few days, with a bit of a temperature, headachey, sore throat and needing to pee more frequently. Was pretty sure it was a UTI or possibly even a kidney infection, but also maybe a virus of one kind or the other.

Been to walk in centre this afternoon because I thought if it's a UTI I should get it checked really. Did the usual dip test, no infection apparent. Have got a bit of an ache in the kidney region and it was a bit sore when he pressed on my bladder and upper stomach (around the bra line) but otherwise nothing much else. My BP is fine and he recorded my temp as 37.1c (although my skin does feel warmer than usual)

He can't decide what's wrong with me so wants me to go to a&e. I don't think I need to, I don't feel THAT ill. Husband of the opinion I should go if GP said so.

Wwyd?

@justaboy you might want to read my post above yours

Not coming across well in what way? Pissed off that people have been so rude when I was genuinely questioning something for an actual reason?

Your back and all's well:)

Your GP did the right thing as anyone would who is presented with such a problem. The human body didn't come with diagnostic software in a GP setting he/she hasnt got the complete gaumut of test equipment CT scanners MRI even humble X-Ray equipoment so they did what was right and reffered you for further testing which was the right thing to do.

Course a medical degree dosent make you infallible! your a human being as siad working on the most complex system which we still do not understand fully.

If i were your GP and in view of the condition you had a while ago i'd have made sure I'd refer you for further attention. Course that as many have said could have deterioated in the small hours requiring emergency admission.

As it was all was well but could you have known that for certain?

Well could you or could have anyone?.

@Alpacathebag

Happy days!! You're message sounds as if you're happy to have proven everyone wrong But at the end of the day the outcome could have been much more serious or taken a turn for the worse!

So for the posters who received the F* off from you didn't need that or the lack of appreciation shown to the rest of us who were only given you good advice is just rude!

But hey you enjoy you're evening having not died tonight, or not having a abdominal abscess or god forbid Sepsis !!!!

I think the key point is that he prodded me very hard in the stomach, I winced and he wrote a letter stating I have serious abdominal pain. Which I do not. That wasn’t even part of my reason for going in the first place. So I queried why he wanted me to go to a and e when I don’t even have the problem he says I do!

I said temperature, slight headache and sore throat, need to urinate more often. Nothing even in the region of the illness I had last year (which actually I knew it was the right thing to go to a&W then, I understood perfectly and actually felt ill then) He wrote serious abdominal pain and suspected rare kidney problem in the letter, none of which I said and he didn’t discuss with me.

Both he and the triage nurse got the exact same, perfectly normal, observations. I queried all of this and posted on mumsnet with that information, saying this seems weird and got jumped on.

And I am grateful to those who were reasonable towards me, but they were few, as I’m sure you’ll agree @Layoverlife

I understand your dilemma. My GP sent me to A and e the other day, when I really felt it was unnecessary. When I got there I had a blood test and there was nothing wrong with me and I felt a right idiot! But at the end of the day, better safe than sorry and I recommend you go just to rule it out.

OP, people said MIGHT be seriously ill based on the advice of a trained GP.

What did you want people to say? Ooh well based on the evidence of a post on MN, I feel better able to judge your medical state than your GP?

FFS.
Stop being rude.

OP The best prescription for you is a decent Glass or two of whatever tincture is in order, plus lay off the MN site for a day or so!;)

Bloody hell. Of course he was “guessing at something”.

I don’t think GPs have x ray eyes...

ooeee, can't you just see why the NHS is falling apart at the seams judging by this little lot on here! Think yourself well folks and your aches and pains will disappear. I've seen snowflakes with paper cuts sitting is Casualty awaiting stitches....doh! Thank God I'm out of the job now..
You seem eminently sensible and would know if you're really poorly. Trust in yourself and be vigilant for any changes. Get well soon hon x

Let’s hope next time when you decide to ignore your GP’s advice - as you surely will - the outcome is as positive. Most people would be grateful for their doctor’s vigilance whereas you, OP ...

@Bodear well it’s funny how people tend to be rude in response to being called names or being told they’re stupid isn’t it? I wasn’t asking for medical diagnosis over the internet, I was asking wwyd considering this conflicting information. I’m sure someone on here saying the opposite of me, that they think they’re ill but being dismissed would be told to trust their own instincts. I was asking if people thought my instinct was valid.

@Frith2013 he guessed at something basically from a symptom he made up on the spot, which I didn’t even present with.

@Alsohuman I am very vigilant about following my doctors advice, except for today where it seems he has written a letter with no factual basis. I am grateful for my doctors vigilance, I am not grateful for having lies written in a letter and wasting time in a&e.

Pleased you went, glad you’re well!

puppymouse

You're really not coming across well OP.

^^

You think the op gives a remote fuck what you actually think?

Urgh, and still people continue behaving like dickheads because they're feeling defensive over having it pointed out what dickheads they've been.

Doctors are not fucking gods, they don't deserve or require blind worshipping. And the op doesn't deserve the nastiness that people have directed at her.

@managedmis errrr well I don't really mind either way to be honest. You sound even more bonkers than her.

I'm not actually bonkers you know.

Bit of a bitch, but not bonkers.

@Alpacathebag 😁

This isn't even AIBU!
The difficulty is that as your average Joe cant give a definitive answer because we are reading a post. I personally would have gone to a&e because the doc said I should. I'd have been cursing him/her the entire time because mine is over an hour by public transport.
My advice would be, go see your the doc mid week next time so your wait possibly won't be as long.
I'm also glad you aren't on your last legs.

Have no idea why everyone is being so catty.

The Doctor made a judgment call.
You made your own which with the symptoms and your own knowledge was not the same as the Doctors.

What's the problem?

If you had blood pouring from every orifice then yes I'd say you were an idiot for not going but as it is, you made a judgment call that you felt you were not that unwell just under the weather, which so many people are at the moment.

Glad you are OK OP!

OP, were you discharged from a&e following investigation, or did you leave prematurely against medical advice? Given you were asked to sign a form stating you acknowledged the risks, it sounds like the latter.

Self discharge is not always against medical advice!