Do you have a number to contact the oncology dept? Maybe give them a call and ask whether they want you to keep the appointment. Only they and you know how urgent it is for you to be seen. I hope it goes well, whatever.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
My OH has booked his Covid and 'flu jabs for 2nd October (through our GP practice ). With me being so much more youthful, l suppose l'll just have to wait 😊. It's a pain though. Means 2 separate journeys.
Do you have a number to contact the oncology dept? Maybe give them a call and ask whether they want you to keep the appointment. Only they and you know how urgent it is for you to be seen. I hope it goes well, whatever.
Thanks. I did call and a rude, off-hand receptionist dimissed the question. I'm coughing and sneezing everywhere. It doesn't seem responsible to bring all that lurg into a hospital.
[Our local oncology dept used to be pretty solid, even if the rest of the hosp is ropey. But it's really gone down hill with covid and budget squeezing. You would never have got a rude call from the cancer dept before. Imaging too. Maybe they have got agency staff in now who don't give a toss. The screening and cancer treatments are a stressful business and it's upsetting to have 'slapped arse'* staff dealing with it - unhelpful, sour and not remotely interested. End of rant.
* One of my favourite expressions is "she's got a face like a slapped arse". ]
If you feel up to going on Wednesday, maybe wear a mask (they might want you to anyway). If anyone says anything you can say you phoned to check and the receptionist didn't tell you not to come in or offer to rebook you for a different date.
Hopefully you might feel a bit better by Wednesday.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I would wear a mask anyway and santitise hands a lot, but still. [Most of the staff don't wear masks and never did, even in the hottest points of covid]. It's a lot of bureaucracy and staff teams to deal with if I'm feeling awful.
If you don't feel up to it, that's a different issue - maybe phone again and see if they can give you another appointment reasonably soon. If it's weeks or months before they can fit you in, it might be better to go anyway.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Both my wife and I have been contacted to get our Covid boosters and flu jab. Mine at the start of October and her a week later. Good timing as we will just be back from holiday, and I wouldn't have wanted to get them prior to holiday just in case there was any reaction. I had no reaction, other than a bit of a sore arm to any previous Covid or flu jab.
Booked my flu jab today and the receptionist said they are offering both flu and covid jabs the same day....Is this the usual thing now @punkdoc? I said yes to that but wondering if this is wise.
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I’m in NE England our local Boots pharmacy is offering free flu vaccinations for over 65s from September 22nd I booked on line for both of us. I’m another one who prefers to have flu jab on a different day to the Covid one. I contacted the GP surgery about the Covid one my OH is over 75..the Receptionist didn’t have a clue when they were starting said ring 119..
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With me being so much more youthful, l suppose l'll just have to wait 😊.
It's a pain though. Means 2 separate journeys.