Sorry but my GO is absolutely fecking shite ..grrrrrrr

[mosschops30]

Have been off for 2 weeks now as absolutely exhausted and HB dropped to 9.2 even with iron tablets.
So I have been excellent with my diet eating sardines/cabbage/brocolli/dark choc etc and had more blood taken on monday, it has risen to 9.9 in a week.

So I rang to check results and hers how it went;

• Just phoning about my blood results
• silence
• I know my hb is low just wondered about ferratin
• your ferratin wasnt done
• yes it was
• oh yes it was and its 14, ok
• so is that ok
• no it should be 15 or above so you are abormal, or upper end of abnormal anyway
• so is that the iron syores
• silence
• is that the iron stores
• yes
• so where do i go from here
• er take iron
• am taking iron, is it enough
• it should be
• so shall i just carry on with it then
• you could talk to your midwife or hospital consultant
• dont have a consultant am mw led
• talk to your mw then

And that was it!!! Im starting to wonder if it was just some random stranger that rang me , she couldnt have been more disinterested if she tried.

I thought you rang her?

dear god iron is clearly affecting my ability to type also, meant GP and stores and abnormal

I rang and she rang back

Sorry you had such an odd call.

I don't know the background but it does take a while to get your HB levels back up. It sounds as if things are going well for two weeks. I think, but I can't quite remember, that it can take 6-8 weeks to stabilise even from something as "high" as 9.2.

Im happy with the hb levels, which can rise at approx 1 per week.

Im just a bit at the general dismissive tone of the conversation and the fact that she directed me to consultant I havent got, or midwife.
This doctor has annoyed me on several occasions mind (taking personal phonecalls during consults) and complaining that shes late when Ive been sat down only 2 minutes

Live and learn eh