Good afternoon - was lovely this morning, but now it's clouded over.
8.5 at 5:38 this morning.
For some days I've been having an ache in my back on the left side above the waist. Yesterday it got worse and worse until the pain was unbearable, then moved down below the waist. By 5pm I was crying with the pain and feeling sick so I phoned 111 who asked lots of questions and then said an out of hours Dr would ring me back "Hopefully within 2 hours". She did not sound hopeful that this would happen and sure enough it didn't. I managed to eat a small amount of dinner, but the pain continued and I couldn't move without screaming. By 9:30 I was too uncomfortable to even sit on the sofa without moving so I went to bed. Oddly I was much more comfortable in bed and fell into a deep sleep. Apart from getting up several times for the loo I slept well. A nurse did eventually ring me back at 05:30 and said they would like to see me at the out of hours clinic, she'd get her colleague to ring me to make an appointment. I took paracetamol and went back to sleep again as though drugged. The phone went again at 06:50 and a young woman asked could I make it to the local hospital by 08:10. I said no.... so I got an appointment at 11:00. I saw a lovely Dr who did lots of tests and gave me 3 days of antibiotics + a prescription for another 4 days worth in case it's a kidney infection. Personally I think it was renal colic, but I could be wrong. I won't go into the rigmarole of how long it takes to get a prescription filled at any of the 3 remaining chemists in the town, which of course are all closed today, but we looked online and went to the big Boots in the out of town mall near the next town. The queue was 18 people long. Got home gone 1pm with the rest of the ABs. My back is a lot easier today. I'm just tired!
Not doing much today.... though domestic chores are building up.
Have a good day - or what's left of it folks.