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Good idea, Martin. I've pretty much given up trying to get an appointment with my GP. If I need to see a doc pronto I go straight for the Duty Doctor approach. As for getting through, I keep re-dialling within a nano-second of getting the engaged tone. Yes, it's a pain but it usually works. Give it a whirl A.
The problem is though Mort, I don't get the engaged tone, it rings for about 10 rings then goes on answer machine. I left a message yesterday... nothing in response, tried again 3 times today... I guess I'll just have to go and hammer on the receptionist's window !! Glad you are a bit better.  A |
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« Reply #7531 on: 17:53:45, 17-09-2008 » |
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... I guess I'll just have to go and hammer on the receptionist's window !!
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A, if it's any help you can borrow my Secret Weapon of Complete Exasperation ... *suppresses an adolescent giggle* |
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« Reply #7533 on: 22:10:19, 17-09-2008 » |
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Thanks Ruby Yes, Feeling much more like the real Mort now. I'm going to ask Father Christmas for a new stomach. Do you think he might deliver ahead of time, if I offer to put two glasses of sherry out?  ...and that, O Best Beloved, is the story of how Father Christmas sat on his glasses, and Morticia the moderatrix got a 48in. waist! |
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« Reply #7534 on: 22:52:14, 17-09-2008 » |
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« Reply #7535 on: 23:44:32, 17-09-2008 » |
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Good luck with the doctor tomorrow A.
I'm very glad that I seem to have outgrown my asthma (I had chronic mild asthma diagnosed at 12, finally undiagnosed a couple of years ago) and am officially off the medication.
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« Reply #7536 on: 07:03:07, 18-09-2008 » |
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Glad you eventually got through to the surgery A. All the best!
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« Reply #7537 on: 09:06:22, 18-09-2008 » |
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You are very kind all of you, but I am going tomorrow to try and force them to give me an appointment some time... We don't get appts that easily!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #7539 on: 09:34:21, 18-09-2008 » |
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It's not as difficult as that everywhere. I haven't had many problems getting through to my doctor, or getting appointments. It's a single-doctor practice. Perhaps nobody likes going to see him? I certainly don't.
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I packaged up a faulty USB dongle I bought from the BT shop and took it to the Post Office yesterday, they provide you with a return label that you can print off and stick on it. It's just been delivered to the "Sender" address ie me!  The postage cost is supposed to be collected at the destination but the postman/woman just dumped it inside my front door, obviously couldn't be bothered to take it back to the sorting office. I have visions now of it keeping returning to me, I'll never get rid of it! |
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« Reply #7541 on: 09:47:58, 18-09-2008 » |
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Thanks Mort, I shall bear it in mind, but the receptionists are so indifferent they probably wouldn't notice !!! I'm going to print that off and put it over my desk. Well I seem to be feeling better this morning so far. The strangest thing made me giggle this morning - I found a huge beetle on my toilet roll last night - not at the most appropriate of times (ahem) which made me jump rather. After I'd got over the original shock, crawled out of my skin and grown a new one, I went back to retrieve said beetle and carried it out to the garden on a piece of the toilet roll and took some photos. I would have carried it out by hand as I don't normally mind handling spiders, beetles etc, but this one had creeped me out just that little bit too much so I didn't want to. Anyway. Just looked it up on the tinterweb and it's one of these:  ...which is allegedly a masked assassin bug ("and the award for most melodramatic insect common name goes to..."). And they bite!  The excitement of finding that out has for some reason cheered me up immensely.  |
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« Reply #7542 on: 09:49:54, 18-09-2008 » |
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On the subject of GP appointments, my surgery is pretty good, there are several doctors available and you can often see someone the same day even if it's not urgent. They operate an on-line booking system for some of the appointments which makes it very simple to book.
Not a grump really!
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« Reply #7543 on: 10:07:16, 18-09-2008 » |
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Hi Rubes, just put that picture as my desk top... for a grump I can't make my printer work, I shall maybe have another go, but I have wasted hours trying to stop it saying there is a paper jam when there isn't any paper anywhere near it!!!
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« Reply #7544 on: 10:11:22, 18-09-2008 » |
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Hi Rubes, just put that picture as my desk top... for a grump I can't make my printer work, I shall maybe have another go, but I have wasted hours trying to stop it saying there is a paper jam when there isn't any paper anywhere near it!!!
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