Onestonetogo, I find your attitude very offensive.
It's a shame that you site evidence from sources such as Marie Claire and The Daily Mail.
It is true, that many diseases such as ovarian cancer have symptoms that can be hard to spot, and can mimic hundreds of other illnesses. This is why a good relationship with your GP is so important, not one built on being angry and confrontational about FLU...
Its a shame that someone who on the surface might potentially be quite well informed has such a rubbish way of processing the information given to them.
Can I ask what a paediatrician actually does on a 'regular' visit when seeing a well child?! I'd suggest that the ones who are taken regularly to see someone, are the ones with tuned in parents, and likely to be higher on the health scale than others anyway.
Having worked in A&E and general practice, and paediatrics, I can say that a GP problem turning up in the wrong place (with our current system, even with all its flaws) actually makes that problem HARDER to deal with, as A&E departments just don't have access to OP clinics or such like.
I'm going to hide this thread now, as I have found it so sad and infuriating that you have hijacked OPs genuine appeal for advice with such offensive and unhelpful comments.
By all means, avoid GPs who you feel to be less able than they should be, but do not tar them all with the same brush.
OP I hope you get well soon, and I'm glad your DH is concerned for you!! Just a thought- even if they do suggest antibioctics, sometimes these can upset baby tums and cause thrush when feeding, so it may be worth asking for a 'delayed' script that you can cash in in a few days if you're getting worse. Hope you feel better!!