I finally saw the doctor who specialises in skin issues today. She is
pretty sure it is eczema and it MAY have been triggered by my foray into a
gorse bush to rescue the mutt.

She has arranged blood tests, warned me to take a wheelbarrow to the
pharmacy tomorrow and will see me again in 2 weeks.

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day.
Tomorrow, isn't looking good either.

Jeff Gaines wrote:
> I finally saw the doctor who specialises in skin issues today. She is
> pretty sure it is eczema and it MAY have been triggered by my foray
> into a gorse bush to rescue the mutt.
>
> She has arranged blood tests, warned me to take a wheelbarrow to the
> pharmacy tomorrow and will see me again in 2 weeks.
>
How on earth did you manage to actually go and see your doctor then?
--
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On 09/03/2022 in message <j8r9nfFie61U1@mid.individual.net> Flyiñg Ñuñ
2°22 + wrote:

>Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>I finally saw the doctor who specialises in skin issues today. She is
>>pretty sure it is eczema and it MAY have been triggered by my foray
>>into a gorse bush to rescue the mutt.
>>
>>She has arranged blood tests, warned me to take a wheelbarrow to the
>>pharmacy tomorrow and will see me again in 2 weeks.
>>
>How on earth did you manage to actually go and see your doctor then?

By exercising what a doctor needs - patience my son, patience :-)

I managed to get a 'phone appointment on 26 Jan when Doctor A said "I need
to see you to deal with this", she made a face to face appointment for 28
Jan. When I saw her she was extremely sympathetic (I didn't have much skin
left on my chest by then), prescribed loads of stuff and said you need to
see Doctor B who is a specialist in skin issues.

On the way out I tried to make an appointment with Doctor B who was fully
booked up for a week and then going on holiday for 2 weeks so I should try
in about 10 days when further appointments would be released.

I tried and tried but nothing became available and this thing was
spreading so I called 111. The person I spoke to was working from script
but a sensible one and said she would send a message to the surgery that I
must speak to a clinician within 24 hours and I should call them in the
morning.

I did and got a call back from Doctor C in the afternoon. I said that I
needed to see Doctor B and she took offence and asked if I felt Doctor B
would prescribe better medicine, I think she was also cheesed off that I
had contacted 111. Anyway she prescribed a different lot of medicines.

I kept plugging away at the online appointment system (on the 'phone I was
always number 9 in the queue) and just after midnight one day a 'phone
appointment appeared for Doctor B which I grabbed. I then had to go to the
pharmacy (located in the surgery) for a repeat of my Edoxaban and asked
reception if an earlier appointment was available. It wasn't but she did
switch the appointment from 'phone to face to face.

And that's how I ended up with a doctor's appointment :-)

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks

Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 09/03/2022 in message <j8r9nfFie61U1@mid.individual.net> Flyi�g �u�
> 2�22 + wrote:
>
>> Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>> I finally saw the doctor who specialises in skin issues today. She
>>> is pretty sure it is eczema and it MAY have been triggered by my
>>> foray into a gorse bush to rescue the mutt.
>>>
>>> She has arranged blood tests, warned me to take a wheelbarrow to the
>>> pharmacy tomorrow and will see me again in 2 weeks.
>>>
>> How on earth did you manage to actually go and see your doctor then?
>
> By exercising what a doctor needs - patience my son, patience :-)
>
> I managed to get a 'phone appointment on 26 Jan when Doctor A said "I
> need to see you to deal with this", she made a face to face
> appointment for 28 Jan. When I saw her she was extremely sympathetic
> (I didn't have much skin left on my chest by then), prescribed loads
> of stuff and said you need to see Doctor B who is a specialist in
> skin issues.
> On the way out I tried to make an appointment with Doctor B who was
> fully booked up for a week and then going on holiday for 2 weeks so I
> should try in about 10 days when further appointments would be
> released.
> I tried and tried but nothing became available and this thing was
> spreading so I called 111. The person I spoke to was working from
> script but a sensible one and said she would send a message to the
> surgery that I must speak to a clinician within 24 hours and I should
> call them in the morning.
>
> I did and got a call back from Doctor C in the afternoon. I said that
> I needed to see Doctor B and she took offence and asked if I felt
> Doctor B would prescribe better medicine, I think she was also
> cheesed off that I had contacted 111. Anyway she prescribed a
> different lot of medicines.
> I kept plugging away at the online appointment system (on the 'phone
> I was always number 9 in the queue) and just after midnight one day a
> 'phone appointment appeared for Doctor B which I grabbed. I then had
> to go to the pharmacy (located in the surgery) for a repeat of my
> Edoxaban and asked reception if an earlier appointment was available.
> It wasn't but she did switch the appointment from 'phone to face to
> face.
> And that's how I ended up with a doctor's appointment :-)

You could or should write a book about that Jeff. ;)
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