yea ours has that have to ring at 8.30 or queue out the door, ring at 9 and all appointments are gone, it was only cos my mam said they had pre bookable appointments that i rang, it must be fairly new as they never used to, the receptionists are very helpful and lovely i must admit, couldnt get into see my doctor til mid september but she told me about a late surgery at the other practice they have and booked me onto that. I just get annoyed that i dont see the same one, i was supposed to be referred to the muscular skeletal clinic back in february, have they done it? have they shite!
the doctor i saw last night was fab, really helpful etc but now i cant get back in to see him for my blood test results and am seeing yet another doctor. which is actually doctor number 4 from the problem starting.
the tall ships hitting town doesnt help either as no surgeries are allowed to book appointments for 2 weeks as they all have to be on standby.
I also now have so many tablets i need a feckin box to keep them all in, and rattle when i walk! and thats before the blood test results to see if i have underactive thyroid or diabetes!
aahh the joys of hitting 40 lol!
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not that im bitter in any way lol. It also irritates me when receptionists ask what is the matter with you. They dont have a right to ask, regardless of what they say, its a confidential service and lets face it, when they repeat your details on the phone you know they have a waiting room full of bored patients listening to every word they say. My son was poorly about six months ago, and had pains in his chest (it was an ulcer), I rang up, couldnt get an appointment and I said, I need to get him into see a doctor this morning or I will go up to the hospital. She said is it an emergency - (how the feck do we know whats wrong, thats what we're going to see the GP for!!!), I said well i dont think he's about to die but he is in pain and has pains in his chest - she then asked his age and said - its probably indigestion. I was absolutely furious at this and I couldnt help it I had to tell her straight because its fecking idiots like her, who dont have a medical degree, who could potentially put someones life at risk - so i asked her if she was a qualified doctor and she said no im the receptionist, and i said well in that case stick to what you know, stick to recepting, instead of sodding well trying to tell me whats medically wrong with my son - how imcompetant. Needless to say I didnt get an appointment!! 
(thank god i changed that doctors).
, although we're expected to be.............,
I done it 
