Been suffering with bad sickness and nausea for three weeks, tried various anti sickness meds through the GP plus loads of home remedies and not working. Hardly getting out of bed and generally feeling awful physically and now mentally.
Had to see GP in person this afternoon and they explained I am dehydrated and needed to be seen at prenatal ward at hospital - called the on call obstetric team and I was told to come straight over.
Arrived and they didn’t know anything about me so was asked to wait in the day room. Embarrassingly I had a little cry at this point, completely ridiculous but I’ve just felt so rubbish.
I’ve been in the room for just under two hours with no water, tissues (didn’t bring anything as was told to come straight here from GP) so frankly I don’t know if I am nauseous or just starving at this point. All the other patients and their babies have been and gone and it’s just me and my sick bowl that the GP gave me. Lovely HCA has been in to take BP and apologise for the wait but gone off shift now and the only other person I’ve seen was the nurse coming in to microwave her dinner in here (dry heave).
I’ve worked for the NHS and don’t want to be a total grotbag and I’m sure the staff are all flat out but if I’ve established they haven’t forgotten me should I just go home where I can at least vomit in my own toilet rather than scuttle in shame across the corridor during the dinner round?