At my doctors surgery you don't get an appointment without going through a triage nurse on the phone.
I rang up, explained that I was ill, that my children had chicken pox and that I seemed to have caught it too - despite having had it already as a child.
The nurse told me that it was possible to catch it twice, that I was going to feel awful, but they did not want me to come into the surgery as its very contagious.
He said the only reason to contact them again would be if I was having breathing trouble, or if I couldn't look at lights.
The thing is I haven't been able to eat, or even sit up without vomiting for five days now. I've lost over 10kg. I just don't seem to be getting better, although the spots are much improved, everything else is getting worse.
Should I call again on Monday? I'm slightly terrified of the triage nurse and hate booking an appointment at the best of times, let alone when I feel this bad and she has already told me they don't want to see me.
