So home & settled from app. Where to begin - no medications until after tests come back - not even mild ones to alleviate symptoms. Unless I get worse & a&e prescribe them...
Not even for vertigo symptoms or to relieve ear problems.
Has ordered blood tests for everything - another trip to Stafford for phlebotomy as the practice nurses always butcher my arms. Don't know when as waiting for referral etc to go through.
Also a ct scan another reason for bloods.
If all that finds nothing to go on then back to phlebotomy to have blood gas checks.
At start of appointment he mentioned a referral to respiratory dep but then didn't mention that at end. By then I had barely enough energy to be upright so let it go.
Also asked him to put a note for future fit/sick notes to put post covid breathlessness, vertigo, tinnitus or some combination of. He actually said "we don't know it is post covid" ... as I tried to point out given I was 100% (yes to a given value) pre covid it's logical to say this is clearly caused or minimum exacerbated underlying stuff, speaking perfectly normally he actually told me off for "shouting". I pointed out I can barely talk let alone shout.
Honestly grrrrrrr
Still app ended OK - and he did add to my notes everything else so hopefully no more fit/sick notes stating "productive cough" as the reason I'm off work grrrrr
At least there's forward movement.
Good news is saline nebuliser (that I took on myself to buy & try) really helps ease my breathing. So yayyyy. There's no medication only saline so it's only able to do so much. But just being able to breathe a little easier is overwhelming tbh. I could actually cry.
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