Symptoms worse

[Cazmat25]

Still no hospital appointment symptoms worse really lethargic so tired, dull ache right side radiating to my back, waking several times in the night to pee, itchy skin unable to get a full night's sleep, weird taste in my mouth .... I'm really scared now going on the net doesn't help everything points to cancer.

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Good morning,

I am very sorry to hear that you are in this situation and feeling so frightened. If you are expecting to have a hospital appointment and have not received one you could do a couple of things - call your GP ( it sounds like you really need a medical review/ bloods as well) and assuming the GP did the hospital referral the practice could chase this up; call the relevant hospitals Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) - you will get them via the hospital switchboard and explain that you are waiting for an appointment and have heard nothing. Looking things up on the NET can sometimes be very useful but it can also be counterproductive as often things are out of context, not evidence based etc. and cause unnecessary anxiety.

Hope you can make some progress today and do let your doctor know how bad you are feeling. The Helpline is also available form 10:00 to 15:00 (0800 652 7330)

regards

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Hi

Good posr. Appointments aagh. At one point my doctor advised me to go privare as it would reduce waiting time. After waiting about 3 weeks i rang the private hopital who said i had missed my appointment. I never miss appointments so did a bit of digging and found out they had sent the letter to an address i hadnt lived ar for 6 years!,

So dont be afraid to chase things along. Communication, lack of, so annoys me 🤗😬

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For every symptom in the body there is a cancer that google will connect to it. Your symptoms could mean many things. Those are also symptoms of much less severe things than cancer just to let you know but you need to see a dr.

[Cazmat25 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you I'm waiting for an appointment to see an upper gastro surgeon hopefully it won't be too long now x x