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should i go see a doctor?
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okie, so like most people i dont much like to go to the doctor unless i know something's really wrong.
so since i started college doing 5 a-levels i keep getting ill; colds, tiredness, food poisoning, bronchitis etc so i just figured it was the seasons changing/winter taking its toll. but now i haven't had a period in 6 weeks and unless i'm carrying the second child of god, there's no way i know of that i could be pregnant and i'm starting to think it's maybe something more serious.
i'm knackered all the time, fall asleep in lessons, can't concentrate etc. when i had food poisoning my weight went down to 7 stone 12 (im 5 foot 7) but now i've put it all back on (and a bit more...)
bleurgh, so i should go and talk to the doctor right?
so since i started college doing 5 a-levels i keep getting ill; colds, tiredness, food poisoning, bronchitis etc so i just figured it was the seasons changing/winter taking its toll. but now i haven't had a period in 6 weeks and unless i'm carrying the second child of god, there's no way i know of that i could be pregnant and i'm starting to think it's maybe something more serious.
i'm knackered all the time, fall asleep in lessons, can't concentrate etc. when i had food poisoning my weight went down to 7 stone 12 (im 5 foot 7) but now i've put it all back on (and a bit more...)
bleurgh, so i should go and talk to the doctor right?
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I would try and get a docs appointment asap. It's better to be safe than sorry, and I'm sure they see a hell of a lot of people with less symptoms than you.
for some reason your immune system is not doing it's thang.
illness, weight loss and sudden weight gain can all make your periods stop, so it might be as simple as that, but why the poo are you so ill? yeah, i'd go.
Yeah me too. People always used to remark on how I could be so calm and collected about things like exams, and I thought that I was pretty cool about them too... until I started noticing this trend before every exam that I would feel sick and ill, sometimes even throw up, and always feel tired and generally crap. Yet I wouldn't feel mentally worried at all.
One time when a guy was breaking up with me I had to excuse myself to go to the loo, be sick and then come back and resume the conversation! Stress is a bizarre thing.
I also have a not-quite-healed piercing on my tragus which flares up angrily at times of stress. I'm becoming quite fond of it actually - it's like my left ear really cares about me.
I agree with BumbleBee.
I'm flattered! I have to say, you're the first medical student I've come across (bar go_away of course!) who isn't pretentious. Erm, that was an irrelevant aside, sorry!
Do you get many sent from Newcastle?
I do have plenty of pretentious colleagues
We have a few in the surgery from time to time, and sadly most of them think they're wonderful and look down on us with only admin responsibilities. It's a great shame really as these are the people who say they go into medicine to 'help people' when really they really want the status and the cash!
I'm not a great fan of medical students in general, which is why I like reading your posts on here as you seem to have a wonderful attitude and don't start issuing inappropriate advice (like a certain user with the name of an ER doctor )
As for medical students, we're not all bad - it's not easy being placed in a GP practice where we don't know where anything is or who does what! Most medics do genuinely want to help people but sometimes medical school can drain some of the enthusiasm and original motivation
I'd be nice to you if I was at your practice - we had a good crack with the admin peeps at the surgery I was at last year.
Keep up the good work
You'd probably end up filing at our surgery as we're a single handed GP practice and we're constantly snowed under. Students usually end up doing really boring stuff, but the Dr here believes they should get a taste of life at the bottom of the pile, lol.