Wednesday, March 16th, 2005

Time	Event
3:51p	Bloody Viruses I've been slowly coming down with a cold for a few days now. Last night's game went pretty badly - I was having trouble concentrating, and my NPCs were frankly dull. Today, I feel worse. Bad enough that I've taken the unusual (for me) step of trying to get a doctor's appointment. Note the "trying". Apparently they have no appointments till next Tuesday. Apparently this is my fault for not phoning earlier. Apparently someone might cancel, so if I can haul myself out of my sick bed long enough to phone up every half hour I might get seen before I die of old age. Bitter? Moi? So, I've tried phoning the other surgery in the town, to be told that it would be "unprofessional" of them to treat me. Eh? Then, I tried phoning the nearest hospital, who suggested phoning NHS 24 (08454242424) who so far seem quite helpful, if a little bizarre. Details have been given, and a nurse should phone me back "soon". Not sure how the nurse will listen to my chest, let alone write me a prescription. I really need to see a doctor, but apparently all I will get is someone to talk to. Maybe I should just go back to bed. Read or Post Comments (Comment on this)
4:13p	Bloody NHS Update : NHS 24 passed me back to the surgery, who now want me to go straight down and see someone today. Why they couldn't do that in the first place, I've no idea. Seriously upset. Read or Post Comments (Comment on this)
5:12p	And back from the Doctor I have a "bad cold". No surprise there. I'm under orders to put my feet up, relax, and sleep as much as possible, but have no interesting pills to take - fair enough, they probably wouldn't do any good. I also have a sick line in case the Uni wants to see it. I also got a bit of a lecture on how the local practice works. Apparently, if you phone up before nine o'clock you will get an appointment the same day. Anyone after that gets put off till next week, unless they're an emergency (i.e. argue hard enough.) The idea of phoning up for an appointment the next day is, apparently, just something weird I've come up with. Thankfully, on getting home, Robin Laws and his economics of dungeon-bashing made me smile. Read or Post Comments (1 Comment | Comment on this)

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