Been given a face to face appointment at my GP… AIBU to call and push back?

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I have another ongoing issue which I am under the hospital for, but I’ve been told I need to approach my GP for pain relief at the moment.

I did this a couple of months ago and got a phone call and a prescription no problem. I’m running out and need some more. This time I filled out the new AI questionnaire and it’s given me an urgent appointment for tomorrow. I called up the surgery and they said it’s because the AI has flagged me as being at risk of arthritis (???) or a DVT!!! I asked the receptionist if this was right as a DVT is pretty serious and I’m sure I don’t have one, but apparently because I’ve ticked that I get swelling it’s a risk factor and I now need to come in.

I just think this is so silly and I’m taking up an appointment for something that’s really not that serious! I just feel like I’ll look such a knob tomorrow sat there. AIBU to call back and push back?

Go to the appointment and get checked out properly. Then next time you need a repeat prescription it will be straightforward.

I just think it’s so needless for something that was done over the phone last time. I’m using a previous appointment for nothing

Last time you didn't have the risk factor presumably.

Just allow the doctor to assess you properly, don't waste time or energy arguing over this.

Let professionals do their jobs.

Just go and see the GP. It’s the perfect opportunity to be assessed properly. You’d be daft to cancel.

Just go.

in my experience if you want a repeat and they want to see you you have zero chance of getting the repeat without seeing them.

i’ve been assessed by the hospital and I’m on a pathway, I’ve called multiple times to see if I can be expedited and they’ve said no, so I’m in a bit of no man’s land

AIBU to call back and push back?

You are also wasting people's time if you do this. The receptionist will be talking to you when she could be talking to someone else, then presumably she'll have to refer it on to the person you will be seeing, who will have to take time to look at it, then someone will have to call you back.....

Just be grateful that you got an appointment! And btw, is this something you take regularly, or just when required? I take dihydrocodeine occasionally, and because it's not on my list of regular medications, I have to see the doctor every time I need a new prescription. It can't be ordered on-line or over the phone.

I agree. I went to what I thought was a straightforward appointment at my local clinic, and one of the symptoms was swelling on one side. They gave me an urgent ultrasound and sent me by ambulance to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where a very senior ultrasound specialist was called in to see me. I wasn’t allowed to stand up or walk.

As it turned out, they decided that I didn’t have a DVT. But my experience shows how seriously they take these symptoms. Let them do their jobs.

"Push back". This is your health being attended to by professionals, not some mid-manager meeting assigning tasks. Stop with the silly work speak and be grateful you're being looked after attentively.

It’s just to take occasionally until I can be seen. I’m hoping when I’ve been seen at the hospital I’ll be referred for a scan and then steroid injections and I can leave this all behind me. My joints are worse than my 95 year old nanna’s!

You're not really in no man's land though are you? You have an appointment with a doctor tomorrow.

At the present time getting a GP appointment can be very difficult. Take advantage of this opportunity. Hopefully there will be nothing of any concern discovered, you’d be silly to refuse the chance.
🌺🌺 Best wishes.

Just go go go to the gp appt!

Yes but I don’t have a DVT! I think it’s because I mentioned swelling, which it does on exertion but the form doesn’t have an option for this

You won't denying anyone else of an appointment. You would be having one anyway, in person or on phone, they take the same time. If the GP thinks you need seeing in person then you should go. I very much doubt they will prescribe anything else if you don't

Just attend. You won't be able to get a prescription without being seen by the look of it.

I just feel a bit of a knob going in person for this, it’s so minor in the grand scheme of things

That's for the professional to judge.

you know better than AI
give them a call/message

Have you not read the OP?

I had a DVT where swelling and discolouration only manifested on exertion 😬 mine was upper arm so more rare.
I wasn't on any pathway though, those were my only symptoms so it probably isn't that but you can see why they want to check...

Just go in and get checked out. And explain you need the pain relief on your repeat prescription. If there's any other quick queries you've got you may as well ask them at the time.

That's your issue, not the doctors. He has to safeguard himself by seeing you