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So I have finally been to the doctor about my pain issues!
Aside from the migraines, I told him that I think the joint pain is fibromyalgia, mainly because I'd looked it up as one of the artists I follow on youtube mentioned having it, and I didn't know exactly what it was.
You know those times where you sit and look at something and go, "OHHH FUCK" in realisation?
Yeah. I have pretty much all of the symptoms as listed on the NHS website, which I dutifully wrote down, and took with me, so that I could tell him all of this and not sound like I was flailing.
He has prescribed me amitriptaline, which will also help with the migraines, and I have to let them know in four to six weeks how things are going.
I also like that he didn't argue with my self-diagnosis, either. I went in kind of expecting it, because I don't know the doctor in question (he is new to the practice, so I haven't seen him before). So that was nice!
And talking of NHS related stuff, I have a follow up appointmentnext week the week after next for the surgical procedure I mentioned back at the beginning of the year (this will presumably be to assess when and how it will happen, IDK. I have already had the assessment with a surgeon).
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In other news, there really isn't any! Work continues to happen, although perhaps things are looking up soon, but I don't want to put too much optimism into that just because I'm mildly sceptical about it.
I have four days off, which is nice - this is a week I tried to book off, which is why I was given the chunk of days, I think. I still need to talk to the person in charge of the rotas about holiday for next year, so I don't end up in this position again, though (my first actual holiday for this financial year is the first week in OCTOBER).
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That's all I've got for now. Time to go and see what I can have for dinner!
Aside from the migraines, I told him that I think the joint pain is fibromyalgia, mainly because I'd looked it up as one of the artists I follow on youtube mentioned having it, and I didn't know exactly what it was.
You know those times where you sit and look at something and go, "OHHH FUCK" in realisation?
Yeah. I have pretty much all of the symptoms as listed on the NHS website, which I dutifully wrote down, and took with me, so that I could tell him all of this and not sound like I was flailing.
He has prescribed me amitriptaline, which will also help with the migraines, and I have to let them know in four to six weeks how things are going.
I also like that he didn't argue with my self-diagnosis, either. I went in kind of expecting it, because I don't know the doctor in question (he is new to the practice, so I haven't seen him before). So that was nice!
And talking of NHS related stuff, I have a follow up appointment
~
In other news, there really isn't any! Work continues to happen, although perhaps things are looking up soon, but I don't want to put too much optimism into that just because I'm mildly sceptical about it.
I have four days off, which is nice - this is a week I tried to book off, which is why I was given the chunk of days, I think. I still need to talk to the person in charge of the rotas about holiday for next year, so I don't end up in this position again, though (my first actual holiday for this financial year is the first week in OCTOBER).
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That's all I've got for now. Time to go and see what I can have for dinner!