Dominic Rabb is in charge of Westminster for 24 hours

I wonder whether Boris has had to wait for his op for two years, three months and counting, like I have.

Thank you GrannyGravy - this is the sort of news thread our Urmston starts so missing her and hope she is back soon. ?

I hop the PM’s surgery has gone well; it seems routine and have no worries about Mr Raab being in charge. I don’t think he can do any worse than BJ can he ….. ???

Oh that is a long wait SueDonim I hope you come to the top of the long waiting list soon ?

Thank you, Tilly.

A day is a long time in politics.

Raab: the man James O'Brien very accurately described as The Most Wrong Person in Wrongland.

If you haven't much time, at least scrolll down to the LBC clip from 22 March 2019 near the bottom of this page. It is extraordinary.

www.indy100.com/news/things-dominic-raab-has-said-quotes-queen-take-the-knee-tory-austerity-9452561

This man isn't even popular in his own constituency of Esher, one of the wealthiest places the country.

Lets see if he can get through the day without making a fool of himself and all of us.

OH wants a particular blood test which his GP won’t do. So he has been trying to ring a private hospital in Oxford. He had been kept on hold for ages so he keeps giving up. Do we think that anyone with a few savings might be using private health care because of the waiting times? I know at least a couple of people who have done so.

Sue if you can get hold of your surgery you can ask to be refered to another hospital, or a private one which does this bread and butter surgery on the nhs. It might go against the grain but sometimes meeds must. You have waited long enough. Have a look at the hip hop thread, if it slips off the bottom of active, its on health. We are on the way to 1000 posts. Its supportive and very helpful.

As fir BJ dont suppose he has waited more than a few days....and re holding the fort, he's hardly if ever in his office anyway, 6 pm news shows him always gadding about in junior schools, factories, building sites, hospitals,etc etc far and wide.

I have heard that cocaine use mucks up one’s sinuses. Not that I’m suggesting that is what is wrong with Johnson.

Only sinuses? I can think of more appropriate operations for him.

grumppa

Only sinuses? I can think of more appropriate operations for him.

Quite.

Thank you, Silverlining. Part of the problem here is that I live in a remote area with no alternative hospitals and the NHS took over the small private hospital during Covid so that isn’t an option. I wasn’t too bothered about it during the pandemic but this is beyond a joke now.

Anyway, I have been contacted today to say that they hope to offer me a date between Aug-Nov. We shall see…..

Ladyleftfieldlover

OH wants a particular blood test which his GP won’t do. So he has been trying to ring a private hospital in Oxford. He had been kept on hold for ages so he keeps giving up. Do we think that anyone with a few savings might be using private health care because of the waiting times? I know at least a couple of people who have done so.

I find that very concerning that a GP won't authorise a particular blood test that a patient has requested.

Could you possibly say what it is please, though not if you prefer not to.

The reason I ask is because at a routine check up, basically a well-man check up, by a nurse from the GP practice, some years ago, before the pandemic, a blood test was involved. I asked if a test for vitamin B12 level was involved, and was told not usually, but as I had asked it would be added in. Apparently a vitamin B12 test is not usually done (maybe just there, maybe generally) unless a patient is showing certain symptoms that may be due to low vitamin B12 levels.

I am just wondering if the particular test to which you refer is very expensive.

But even so, if the patient feels the need to ask, why does a GP refuse?

Well if you are not suggesting it, why on earth did you make such a nasty snide remark WWMK2?
You just can’t help yourself can you?

JenniferEccles

Well if you are not suggesting it, why on earth did you make such a nasty snide remark WWMK2?
You just can’t help yourself can you?

Neither can Johnson when it comes to mistresses. Allegedly. ( sorry, I just couldn’t help myself either).

Well you do get operations where mistakes are made and the patient is accidentally sterilised ..............but I suppose it's a bit of a stretch if you are starting at the sinuses!

I expect our Dominic spent a pleasant day wandering up and down the yellow brick road looking for a brain.

OH suspects he has Lymes disease! The GP will do one test but apparently this is often negative so a second test needs to be done. She didn’t even know about a second test but OH has done lots of research.

Thank you, Ladyleftfieldlover.

I have found the following.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/lyme-disease/

Your OH may have already seen the above page, but better to know twice than not at all.

The page includes the following.

> 2 types of blood test are available to help confirm or rule out Lyme disease. But these tests are not always accurate in the early stages of the disease.

> You may need to be retested if you still have Lyme disease symptoms after a negative result.

That on the official NHS website.

Ladyleftfieldlover

OH suspects he has Lymes disease! The GP will do one test but apparently this is often negative so a second test needs to be done. She didn’t even know about a second test but OH has done lots of research.

My sympathies. I was worried sick last year after I was bitten by a tick in an area where there are deer. It’s so important to get antibiotic treatment if it is Lyme disease. I phoned 111 and they were going to prescribe a course of antibiotics but then they decided that the medication would make me feel quite poorly and the chance of the tick carrying Lyme disease was quite low. It’s a horrible thing to have, though, and I think a lot of people in this country ( including GP’s) are unaware of the dangers.

Whitewavemark2

I have heard that cocaine use mucks up one’s sinuses. Not that I’m suggesting that is what is wrong with Johnson.

My MIL had a big operation on her sinuses

I'm sure she wouldn't have even heard of cocaine let alone ever use it!!

"Did you say cocoa dear? No thank you dear, milk doesn't agree with me, upsets my sinuses" ?

Callistemon21

"Did you say cocoa dear? No thank you dear, milk doesn't agree with me, upsets my sinuses" ?

A dentist told me that dairy products cause phlegm in some people.

Widespread knowledge of The Fallacy of the Undistributed Middle might mean lowering the incidence of wrong conclusions being supposed!

MayBee70

JenniferEccles

Well if you are not suggesting it, why on earth did you make such a nasty snide remark WWMK2?
You just can’t help yourself can you?

Neither can Johnson when it comes to mistresses. Allegedly. ( sorry, I just couldn’t help myself either).

??

He is such an easy target isn’t he. One of the most immoral and corrupt ever.

?

Phil Harries
@fessdoc
·
Jun 20
22 years as a NHS Consultant Rhinologist I’ve never operated upon someone’s sinuses under GA, recovered then and discharged them so they are home by 10am.