uglyduck16
New Member
Why oh why does it have to be such a battle to see a doctor?
I have my medication made up in a doset box by lloyds and i was taking amitriptyline and dihydricodine in liquid form after my op, so they did not put thoese tabs in...but now i am OK taking them, but they need it in the prescription saying it is now tablet form, i am also running low on my fast tabs.
I phoned the doctors today,hoping just to get an appointment because they now have this new system where you phone up on the day to book an appointment you are not allowed to book in advance. But blimey- getting past the receptionist!! She said i could go on the 'triage' list and a doctor can phone me after 3pm, but i find the phone very difficult- i am not very confident and really struggle with the phone. I tried to explain this to her, and at first she just she did not really get it, and said it was no different to talking to her (!), so i said forget and i would phone tommorow to try and make an appointment.
Then she said she could book me in with a doctor tommorow morning, i did not really understand this because i did not think you could book in advance, but i did not want to question it- i went for it!! It was with Dr.Chong, a lady doctor who i know is nice..... just had a phone call from the doctors and the receptionist was asking if i would see the locum doctor (no i bloody would not!!)- so i just said i would rather see i doctor i knew, she told me to hang on whist she asked Dr.Chong, then she asked if i could come at 9am instead of 8.50 which is ok....but why does it have to be so hard just to see a doctor?!!! I mean it serisouly could put some people off going (maybee that is what they want??) i dont know but gggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!
Does anyone else have this battle when they want an appointment with their GP???
I have my medication made up in a doset box by lloyds and i was taking amitriptyline and dihydricodine in liquid form after my op, so they did not put thoese tabs in...but now i am OK taking them, but they need it in the prescription saying it is now tablet form, i am also running low on my fast tabs.
I phoned the doctors today,hoping just to get an appointment because they now have this new system where you phone up on the day to book an appointment you are not allowed to book in advance. But blimey- getting past the receptionist!! She said i could go on the 'triage' list and a doctor can phone me after 3pm, but i find the phone very difficult- i am not very confident and really struggle with the phone. I tried to explain this to her, and at first she just she did not really get it, and said it was no different to talking to her (!), so i said forget and i would phone tommorow to try and make an appointment.
Then she said she could book me in with a doctor tommorow morning, i did not really understand this because i did not think you could book in advance, but i did not want to question it- i went for it!! It was with Dr.Chong, a lady doctor who i know is nice..... just had a phone call from the doctors and the receptionist was asking if i would see the locum doctor (no i bloody would not!!)- so i just said i would rather see i doctor i knew, she told me to hang on whist she asked Dr.Chong, then she asked if i could come at 9am instead of 8.50 which is ok....but why does it have to be so hard just to see a doctor?!!! I mean it serisouly could put some people off going (maybee that is what they want??) i dont know but gggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!
Does anyone else have this battle when they want an appointment with their GP???