Fobbed off yet again by hospital

I could hear the edge of panic in their voices as the hours ticked by, and they tried to be all brisk and businesslike.

I've heard of lost property but not lost patients.

I could have left her and taken home a nice cardigan (sorry, mother!)

???

Sorry, MrsAdventure, I mustn't laugh. It was your DD who made me do it.

DD? Daughter?

presumably, that is you MissA, as the aside as it were, is addressed to Mrs A.
who would be your mother. ? i think. maybe.

MissAdventure

DD? Daughter?

I was telling your mother about you.

Yes, welbeck, I was talking to MrsA about MissA
Sneaking.

My brain is definitely exiting stage. Left.

It sidles out a bit more as the weeks go past.

I really must go to bed
Is it a full moon? ?

Oh, the cogs have turned, albeit slowly!
Sorry about that.

Apologies to HAZBEENwe seem to have derailed the thread

Sorry, I do understand the difficulties you are facing and it really is frustrating.

having to wrestle with textual criticism, all those years ago, has borne some fruit ! maybe.

yes, OP, hope you get some better attention soon from the medics.
all the best.

I worry I won't be able to communicate at all at some point.

I was supposed to be having a memory test but I xant remember what they said.

Callistemon21

I've heard of lost property but not lost patients.

My medic dd says they ‘lose’ patients all the time. They disappear off or discharge themselves or even have their mates come and ‘spring’ them, like they’re in jail! Problem is that they have to be accounted for so if they don’t turn up, security and police have to be involved.

Dd spent most of one night coordinating the search for a patient. He’d gone home but his family weren’t very pleased to see him and brought him back first thing next morning.

Hazbeen I’m glad you’ve managed to get sorted.

My mum was bed bound, though.

My daughter 'done a bunk' when she was in.

I did threaten to discharge myself once (it's a long story, I won't bore you) but I did tell the poor overworked one nurse on the ward first.

I discharged myself last time I was in.
I'd been outside in an ambulance for so long, I started to feel better.

I thought home would be safer than hospital at the time.

You ladies have given me such a laugh this morning when I caught up with this thread!
I now have to go into battle today to get my blood test before the appointment on Wednesday or there will not be any use speaking to the consultant! Seemingly there are no appointments at either the GP or the local hospital!

HAZBEEN are there any walk in clinics or pharmacies near you that do blood tests? Have a look on NHS site or phone 111 and they may be able to help you.

I spoke to my GP Monday and as I was having my Covid jab yesterday at 10.20 at the pharmacy opposite the surgery she arranged for me to have my blood test at the surgery at 10. Both my surgery and pharmacy are both very busy and have large volume of patients.

It seems to depend where you live in the country what health care you get. Where I live GPs and hospitals see a very large number of people . I think it must be down to funding by the various health authorities what care you get.

I have better health here than I got where I used to live.

Hope you can get your blood test done before you see your consultant. But if not surely he will arrange it after talking to you on Wednesday and then arrange another appointment.

HAZBEEN

You ladies have given me such a laugh this morning when I caught up with this thread!
I now have to go into battle today to get my blood test before the appointment on Wednesday or there will not be any use speaking to the consultant! Seemingly there are no appointments at either the GP or the local hospital!

I was told by the Consultant that if I couldn't get an appointment with the nurse at the surgery or a visiting phlobetomist, there was a "drop-in" clinic at one of the large hospitals.
The trouble is that "drop-in" for me means a 36 mile round trip ?

HAZBEEN, hope you got an appointment.

Sometimes negotiating the system is so difficult!

Glad you got it sorted Hazbeen. Hope everything goes well for you

Me too.
(Sorry for hijacking the thread a bit, but glad it made you smile)