If you were me would you go to see your GP, or is it just the heat making me feel so ill?
I frequently get cholangitis, which is infection in my bile duct. I was taking permanent antibiotics but recently changed to taking a “rescue dose” when I am ill.
I last took antibiotics about 3 weeks ago but for the last fortnight I have been feeling really under the weather - woozy, light-headed, headachy, getting physically tired after the easiest of jobs around the house -I need to sit down and rest after just standing at the sink washing up. Everything is getting neglected because I feel too exhausted to exert any effort. I have persistent, but not severe, pain across my upper abdomen.
On Thursday I had a temperature of 38 degrees and was vomiting. By Friday my temp was back to normal and I’d stopped vomiting, but I now feel even more exhausted than I did before.
At the same time it is incredibly hot in this part of the country and I think almost everyone is feeling the heat’s effects.
I don’t want to waste my GPs time.