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Great new GP

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Luckygirl Thu 01-Oct-15 14:51:48

I had my first appointment with my new GP yesterday and she was pleasant, charming, listened well, grasped the nub of the problem, treated me with respect, took it all seriously, broke slightly bad news gently but honestly, arranged a neurologist appointment, speedily organised meds - well, it was a revelation! OH has had similar experience with his new GP there and he is very happy with his treatment. He had spent years struggling to swallow one of his meds (he has PD) having been told it was all there was - but straight away the new GP found him one he could swallow.

So glad we changed.

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kittylester Thu 01-Oct-15 14:55:36

Great news for you Lucky and I hope the bad news wasn't too bad. flowers

I met our new GP when he was on duty at the walk in centre. He seemed really good: thorough, human and quite good looking. grin

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grannyactivist Thu 01-Oct-15 15:00:05

Luckygirl I'm so pleased for you. sunshine

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annodomini Thu 01-Oct-15 15:39:54

So pleased for you luckygirl. You've been through a lot since we first met you here. A good GP is to be cherished. I saw mine yesterday and had a very agreeable chat. He agreed with all my plans and actually shook my hand when I left. Coincidentally my son and family ran into him and his in Corsica this summer!

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Teetime Thu 01-Oct-15 16:21:52

That is good news make sue she goes on your Xmas list! smile

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Luckygirl Thu 01-Oct-15 19:43:26

The other good thing is that this practice has appointments all day, whereas the previous one had just morning and afternoon surgeries which were always busy.

I went one afternoon - the waiting room had one person in it, and there were two doctors on duty. I saw my doc and was in there about 25 minutes - I am a new patient and there was a lot to catch up on - and there was no sense that she was in a rush. When I went out there was still only one person in the waiting room - a different one of course!

The "slightly bad news" is that some of the changes in my brain mean that I am at slightly higher risk of eventually developing cerebro-vascular dementia. But - hey ho - nowt to be done, so have to just go with the flow.

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