I have clearly, either 'Bashed' myself and/ or received an Insect bite, on my left hand, near my Little Finger. It ha got slowly more, and more Inflamed as the day has progressed.
I telephoned the 111- GP service. A Very Pleasant lady, guided me through some- fairly basic- questions, and I truthfully said that 'I was worried, because of my Condition'. The lady informed me that she would Refere this to the, Out Of Hours Service, and that should recieve a call (within twelve Hours).
Well 'Blow me' about, three minutes later I had a call, and an appointment, at the local Minor Injuries Unit. My Mother took me there, I waited about fifteen minutes, Hand Washing- and Sanitisers- were available on arrival.
The, very pleasant, Doctor I saw examined my hand and decided that, it WAS 'quite swollen'. She drew a line arround it and, informed, me that she 'Would write me a Prescription BUT didn't want me to Take It, unless the Swelling Increased'. She didn't want to 'Overlaod' my system- with me being on so many other Drugs. The Doctor sent, the Prescription, Electonically and I 'picked it up' about twenty minutes later.
So within, round about an hour, I had seem a Doctor and received a Prescription, from a friendly Doctor.... What More could you ask for? Definitely Ten, Out Of Ten.
AndrewT
Written by
AndrewT
To view profiles and participate in discussions please or .
The ability to reply to this post has been turned off.
Good for you, I am glad you got excellent service, I hope the bump goes down, Have have been bitten in my veg. garden, not sure what it was, it got me mostly on my legs, it got red and itched lick heck, I treated it with insect bite med's, what ever it was left bruises in different places. So please be careful.....sending good health, love n hugs......
Excellent service AndrewT. Thank you for telling us about your experience which sounds really positive. Many of us have wondered what might happen in the event of something like that happening to us, and now we know! 👍
I wonder if you were in my place with a Mother like mine , how would you be able to cope
It is interesting when you say I have to make my life because this is what I have been trying to do since 2000
But I had to deal with the care of an elderly Father and now he has gone my Mother is expecting me to sort out her mess the daughter who she neglected when she had him in her life
I hope you are ok and thank you for listening
Get well soon,my mum always hadba
Get well soon I sympathy for u as my mum has bad reactions to insect bits and such like all the time it's not fun!xx
Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them.
Never delay seeking advice or dialling emergency services because of something that you have read on HealthUnlocked.
Ready for a Medical Emergency?