How do you all manage to get past the gp receptionist for an appointment if it's not urgent when TCC

[InthekitchenAmz]

I'm really feeling so fed up with it all atm because I feel like there is just no support when TCC. I've not had a period for months, I feel like I'm pregnant I am getting faint lines on cheaper test strips various makes and batches within the time frame for months but negative on a digital test. I had a scan in October but they couldn't see anything they provided a report but it looks on my gp record that the hospital haven't provided it to my GP. Midwife services here seem to be separate from GP.

The sonographer said that a faint line is not a positive which baffled me completely.

When you ring a GP you can only get in if you are lucky in an emergency but very rarely and if not you can make an appointment for several weeks time. I wish I had taken up that offer ages ago now.

My last period started on 2 June. Im exhausted with it all but mainly the lack of respect and care or even the ability to ask your GP for help.

I wish I could go to a private gp just for someone to listen. And actually want to help

I might put that on my Xmas list tbh.

Sorry it's a rant I'm just sick of the exhausting emotional train and I've got nobody to talk to about it other than my partner. And because he heard the sonographer saying faint pregnancy test lines are not positive he is unsure every time there is a faint line which has now been for about 10 or more weeks.

How do other people manage to get help?

Hi. Where are you? Our GP practice has an online service called eConsult where you choose from a list of things and then fill in information. That's how I got on to the waiting list for the fertility clinic. If the receptionists do not let you book an appointment in advance, I suggest you explain the situation to them and ask them what you should do. If all else fails, write a letter to your practice manager and ask what you are supposed to do with medical queries that aren't urgent but you require a referral from a doctor to get help.
Try not to blame the receptionists, it's not their fault. They will be doing what they have been told by whoever runs the practice. I promise you they aren't trying to be difficult. I've worked in 3 different practices and they all had slightly different protocols for appointments but the one thing they had in common was there wasn't enough appointments.

Hope that helps!