I have been prescribed diazepam to help me deal with claustrophobia during an MRI scan. Unfortunately it did not work and I could not go through with it. I paid the price later because when I subsequently had to have a biopsy of the prostate, instead of about 6 jabs I was speared 36 times. Darts practice!
Next week I have a bone scan which is not quite as bad but I am still apprehensive and have diazepam for that too. Additionally I am using the diversionary tactic of thinking of a pop group beginning with every letter of the alphabet and, in my head, singing a verse from one of their songs.
Most of the GPs at our local surgery do check BP but say they aren't too concerned if it's high because of 'white coat syndrome'. I'm usually asked to check mine for a week before I go for my annual health check.
I always check mine before I visit. The last one I saw was a pra*. He sat back like a god on Mount Olympus. He seemed disinclined to give me any specific information about my blood test results of why I should have them again in a couple of months. The best he offered were one word answers. He didn't offer a blood test and ignored me when I told him that I had the results of a home test written down. He did, however, on two occasions , tell me to sit back in my chair which he had pushed into a corner. We both sore masks.I asked him if he was afraid of catching something off me. With a condescending smile, he told me that he was concerned about passing something on to me - yeh right! I don't remember his name but I certainly won't be seeing any GP whose surname begins with a Q😡 With any luck he was a locum.
I recently saw my practice nurse, and I asked for a print-out of my recent blood results. She said that I had to ask at reception and go through a procedure to be allowed to see them. As there was a queue at reception I didn't bother. I have paid for that information with my blood, so I think I should automatically be allowed to see it!
@Alan Clark2 in Liverpool, might be worth registering to see your records on line. We were able to make the request on line at our practice website, although we had to take in ID. It’s been very handy, able to look at our blood test results and order our repeat prescriptions on line.
That was really good until our GP practice got a new IT system in February. Since then the only information available is for the period after it was installed. I have contacted them asking when it will be sorted but not had a meaningful response.
@BenCotto, I had a bone scan earlier this year and I was just asked to lie back on a bed, putting my legs up and over a ramp thing across the bed ( the same as drawing up your legs) and then the lady pulled the machine back and forth across my body. It was a free standing machine with no tunnel like place to go into. I was out in the open as it were. Try not to worry, mine was nothing like going into an MRI machine.
OH and I like to get a blood test every two years to check for things like cholesterol, blood sugars etc. I've also had them for pre-op checks before the new knees. We need a prescription from a doc nad, if it's the GP, they also do our BP after a few minutes chat for people with stressy bits so it calms down then we go to the local nurses' surgery for th ebloods and they send it off to a lab in La Roche.
We get a copy of the results by post but can also consult online of we like and the GP and surgeon and anaesthetist automatically get a copy online. It's very simple.
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I don't remember his name but I certainly won't be seeing any GP whose surname begins with a Q😡 With any luck he was a locum.
We get a copy of the results by post but can also consult online of we like and the GP and surgeon and anaesthetist automatically get a copy online. It's very simple.