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I find this rule really difficult.
Its really hard to book an appointment in advance at my doctors surgery, and because I have several ongoing health issues, which are often interlinked, I don't know how I can explain everything without going over time...
like today, I need to talk to him about uping my dose of one medication, getting another sick note (which I feel really bad about asking for, but they never mention them, even though they seem happy to give them out), and talking about my mental health. I'm hoping I can sort my asthma stuff and needing to see the physio again about my shoulders and back tomorrow when I see the nurse.
I just feel like I'm forever in the doctors...
Has anyone got any good ideas about how to explain everything without forever booking repeat appointments. My surgery doesn't do double appointments because each appointment is 15 mins, but even that runs out quickly.
Its really hard to book an appointment in advance at my doctors surgery, and because I have several ongoing health issues, which are often interlinked, I don't know how I can explain everything without going over time...
like today, I need to talk to him about uping my dose of one medication, getting another sick note (which I feel really bad about asking for, but they never mention them, even though they seem happy to give them out), and talking about my mental health. I'm hoping I can sort my asthma stuff and needing to see the physio again about my shoulders and back tomorrow when I see the nurse.
I just feel like I'm forever in the doctors...
Has anyone got any good ideas about how to explain everything without forever booking repeat appointments. My surgery doesn't do double appointments because each appointment is 15 mins, but even that runs out quickly.
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Otherwise, there's really no way around it.
I'll just have to go in with a list again and see how much we can get covered
So, I now have a prescription for fitness, upped medication, a referral to the physio, a new sick note and we had a brief chat about my mental health...
Maybe I should get someone to book an appointment before me and get them not to turn up in future :P