What a shitshow of a day...
Had an appointment this morning for a spirography test (no it wasn't drawing circles with a plastic cog!) Came out with a prescription for two inhalers... I don't have asthma, I have chronic sinusitis that was only sorted last time with an operation. But hey, I will take all the steroids I can ahead of hay fever season! Puffers (plural!) won't be ready until Monday so that's another trip to the GP.
Called my folks, they were waiting back on a 111 call because my dad mixed up his antibiotic medication with paracetamol - so basically double dosed. He's had a temperature and was feeling generally crappy. Said we would chat again after my doctor appointment this afternoon for a few moments of temporary blindness in my left eye.
Afternoon appointment was great - in that the GP doubled my steroids (to make me feel basically human) and referred me for a CT scan. So hopefully I will have an operation in my near future - did it once, can do it again and the relief is immense - I cannot recommend FESS enough. But told me I need to go to an optician for the blind issues as apparently sinusitis cannot cause that issue.
Missed a call from mum - called back - my dad is in A&E as 111 told him to go to a pharmacy and when he was at the pharmacy his surgery scar from seven years ago split open. What? So he's had his bloods taken and will need emergency surgery but we don't know when and I can't bloody well get there yet (would have gone tonight otherwise) as until I have my optician appointment (miraculously got one for 9am tomorrow - someone cancelled just before I called) I can't drive and I am not going to put myself or anyone else at risk.
Just feeling horribly impotent right now - so vent away on this thread, I am sure many people have it much worse than me. I am usually good at resilience but I do rather want to crawl into a ball and bawl. But I can't.
I think communal venting might help... rant away.