Pains in bicep.

[ajlelectronics]

or an earache.

I was surprised to find that there is no treatment for that, after I investigated home remedies for mine.

 

[ukracer]

@ukracer

Seen or made an appointment with your GP yet...?

not yet. But i only tried on Friday and all appointments were full.
I shall be ringing daily till i get a slot.

 

[ukracer]

Surely the fairly obvious response to there being no appointments available today is “OK, make/give me one for tomorrow”?

Ask the right question and you might get the right answer.

If there are no appointments there is no number to click to get one.
Apart from that many surgeries now operate a book on the day only for the foreseeable future as they term it.

 

[fizzy]

Go and see your doc , none of us are qualified to give you the medical advice you need .

My recent experiences of doctors and hospitals I beg to differ! I know far more about my condition than most of them. Certainly more than your average GP. When I mention Klebsiella or Visceral Leishmaniasis they have never heard of it

Switched GPs now - lucky to live in such aa rural area. Surgery twice a day - 9 to 11.30am and 3 to 5.30pm. No appointment or phone call needed. Just turn up before 5.30pm and they said you WILL be seen

 

[ukracer]

As it turns out I have already got an appointment at our local hospital for a routine aortic scan I think it's called on Monday. So I guess what's going to happen is I get through to the surgery and they offer me an appointment I can't attend...lol just my luck that would be.

 

[Burdekin]

If you still have the pain go to A&E. The hospital won't muck about if they think it's possibly heart related. If you speak to your GP don't ask for an appointment tell them you are worried you could have a heart issue.

 

[ukracer]

If you still have the pain go to A&E. The hospital won't muck about if they think it's possibly heart related. If you speak to your GP don't ask for an appointment tell them you are worried you could have a heart issue.

I don't have the pain constantly. If I thought it was a serious issue I would get to A and E.
I actually walked up a long set of steps last week and felt the best I have felt for a while.

 

[Burdekin]

I don't have the pain constantly. If I thought it was a serious issue I would get to A and E.
I actually walked up a long set of steps last week and felt the best I have felt for a while.

Cool. I lost my best mate, he was only 37 and been complaining about pain in his arm. That's always in the back of mind.

 

[addjunkie]

My recent experiences of doctors and hospitals I beg to differ! I know far more about my condition than most of them. Certainly more than your average GP. When I mention Klebsiella or Visceral Leishmaniasis they have never heard of it

Switched GPs now - lucky to live in such aa rural area. Surgery twice a day - 9 to 11.30am and 3 to 5.30pm. No appointment or phone call needed. Just turn up before 5.30pm and they said you WILL be seen

We are rural too, so quite lucky fairly easy to get an appointment. But have to agree with some of the receptionist comments, one is just plain awkward and getting a response is like pulling teeth. In the old days just asking for a house call used to get you an appointment, but not sure 5hey do those now!

 

[Guineafowl]

Is that possibly as many farmers use shall we say non new needles. Saves a fair bit in cost jabbing 500 sheep with the same needle. Bent a fair few, not snapped one yet.

Yes, definitely! Farmers are the best recyclers on the planet. But also, if the animal isn’t properly restrained, and plunges about when the needle is inserted, it gets bent back and forth enough to fatigue it.

 

[Burdekin]

We are rural too, so quite lucky fairly easy to get an appointment. But have to agree with some of the receptionist comments, one is just plain awkward and getting a response is like pulling teeth. In the old days just asking for a house call used to get you an appointment, but not sure 5hey do those now!

It's same here but they'll normally get a Dr to call back if it could be serious.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

If you still have the pain go to A&E.

Could also try the 111 service....but then there's a risk they call you an ambulance....and then if it is serious the ambulance staff will tell you off for not dialling 999 instead (don't ask!!).

 

[premmington]

not yet. But i only tried on Friday and all appointments were full.
I shall be ringing daily till i get a slot.

Good luck getting a GP's appointment mate (I know it not easy task).

 

[Turbo]

The worse one I get is something on/in my head. Like a thousand tiny needles in a patch that varies as to where. It comes on like an axe in the head (I'm guessing ) then goes instantly. Really makes me wince. My scalp feels tender to the touch thereafter but not agony. I did think something shingles like.

Sounds like neuralgia. If so my sympathies are with you as I get bouts of it too. In my case it goes on for a few days until the medication kicks in (carbamazepine).

During my first attack, before I had the correct drugs, I was taking all sorts of strong pain killers to try to dampen the pain - they didn't do much. I was definitely overdosing but I didn't care if I died, as long as the pain stopped. (suicide is common among sufferers).

 

[prepman]

I had my flu jab a couple of months ago and now I get a lot of pain in my left shoulder/biceps ...if I lie on it in bed it wakes me up in agony. I thought the needle may have snapped cos I have never suffered before and I've had a lot of jabs over the years!!
I'm due to see the nurse in a couple of weeks so will ask her opinion ...the actual jab was very painful so not sure if she was a beginner!!

Just a member of the ladies darts team?

 

[prepman]

Friend of mine has waited 14 months to get to see the pain management department, for his back pains. Couple of weeks ago he got two NHS letters delivered, together.

One was booking him an appointment.
The other was cancelling that appointment.

The NHS is broken.

Ditto for my Cardio appt.

 

[prepman]

Some years ago I had a large boil on my fundament which was so agonizing as to require a visit to see Dr Anil who refered me to a Proctologist named Mr Brown. Even i who at the time was mincing along like an old queen in severe pain had to laugh at the irony.
Incidentally Mr Browns hobby was traction engines.
After that operation i will never be embarrased at any medical procedure ever again.

So where exactly was the boil? C'mon give us a clue.

 

[prepman]

Yes, they will. Larger ones particularly, say 18GA and bigger, very often within the bevelled part. Most farm assurance schemes require a broken needle policy written down somewhere. Meat processing units usually have metal detectors, because consumers don’t like finding the fragments in their rump steak, where most cow injections go.

Too true!

 

[northwest]

If you still have the pain go to A&E. The hospital won't muck about if they think it's possibly heart related. If you speak to your GP don't ask for an appointment tell them you are worried you could have a heart issue.

If you say it is chest pains or you suspect your heart the GP will tell you to go straight to the hospital.

 

[Onoff]

I was definitely overdosing but I didn't care if I died, as long as the pain stopped. (suicide is common among sufferers).

I wonder if sufferers can have like a constant, low level attack but minus the physical pain until flare ups. Then how that might affect their mood? Just a random musing.