in which embodiment is a terrible hobby

[kaberett]

Please tell me lovingly but firmly to book a damn' GP appointment?

I have had a cough for three and a half weeks now. Since about Friday there's a bigger component of misc. snuffles; after about two weeks it turned intermittently productive. Also as of about Friday evening I've started having slight crackling in my left lung on the tail end of exhale but not on inhale when taking deep breaths.

Also, as we know, I'm at relative-to-general-population high risk of Lung Stuff.

I am really really resistant to the idea of booking a GP appointment for this because of all my standard-issue Medical Trauma, but if you think this merits "... go to the doctor, Alex" then I would appreciate hearing it.

ETA poked at NHS 111 online; GP appointment now booked for 17:10 i.e. about five hours' time. Thank you. <3

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[kaberett]

(tl;dr I felt horribly guilty about booking a same-day appointment but otherwise wasn't going to be able to get one til Thursday, when I wanted to be Doing Mass Spec Shit, but NHS 111 Online said "... pls to see your GP within 24 hours", so.)

[chiasmata]

<3 well done, you.

(Round here, you get a choice of ring-on-the-day, or you-can-have-one-in-a-fortnight-no-really. It's quite special.)

[kaberett]

(Hereabouts it's "two weeks out" or "on the day" or a batch are released 48 hours in advance on a rolling schedule, which obviously are all booked up by 9am as the phone lines open at 8.30...)