Cash Register Noises

I re-joined the gym. I'm having some interesting health challenges right now and I think it would help if I were to increase my fitness. Feeling good there so far, just walking at the moment but I'm hoping to also get my weight loss to continue.

I cashed out on another three survey sites, so that's another £10 to spend at Old Favourite supermarket and a few pounds into my PayPal. 👍 I also finally finished that Bingo game on Swagbucks - but the offer has disappeared - so I really hope it credits and I don't have to specially request my 4000SB. I got another £100 in Household Support from the local council - having been tipped off by Food Club that they had to spend their yearly allocation before the end of March. Very pleased as that's going straight onto a debt repayment. Council has said their applications may re-open in April, so I will check back then and apply for 2023.

Currently fighting with my local GP office which refuses to do any kind of medical care for me whatsoever, declaring that I am now a private patient. Here's the thing: I am not, anymore. After two weeks of arguing they finally did a blood test (which I had to pay for myself) and I must now use Doctor Google to assess the results, decide if I seem to be ok, and then adjust my medication as best as I can guess. They're also refusing to prescribe a critical medication and just say they can't do it - I have about a ten-day supply right now and am desperately hoping that I can get in to see a local women's clinic next week. In the mean time they say that a pharmacy "might" accept my Spanish prescription, so I look forward to a week of traipsing from one pharmacy to the next with my best begging face on. Ok, I say, can I have an appointment about my knee, which is totally unrelated? Oh, we don't deal with knees, that's physiotherapy. Ok, so can I just have a medical note about it to give to work, so that I can avoid heavy lifting? Sure, we'll request it, the next medical note day is in two weeks' time.

Did someone say the NHS was great? It's fucking awful. And right now it's failing me big time. And it's making me angry. I am extremely well-educated about my specific health issue right now (to the point my specialist asked me if I have a medical background) and I know that the average patient would not be. And they would face terrible, permanent, life-changing consequences if they did not understand what they needed and why it is urgent. Sorry to get political but the Tories are a disgrace and need to go. 👉