I have my follow up appointment with the 'Fat Surgeon' (as I've lovingly started to call him) today at 15:30. I've really contemplated not going as I'm not sure what he's going to tell me, given the talk I had with the other doctor a few weeks ago. BUT I certainly don't want to get lost in the NHS queue. So I will go, but am not expecting to hear anything uplifting or new.

I've also not heard from my GP about the referral to the endocrinologist. I suppose I'll give their office a call and see what I can find out about it. I get so frustrated because you call and no one knows who you are, why you're there/calling or what you need. And the crappy part? They don't care. I suppose, there are so many people assigned to a surgery that they can't care. But every time I go to any doctor here I feel that because my illnesses aren't acute, I have to fight and push and pull to get anything done.

Does my GP know me and my family? Nope. When I go to the Fat Surgeon, does he know me? Nope. Do I ever see the same person twice? Nope. It's insane and slowly driving me mad.

I know people will counter with 'but you don't have to pay for anything' - but you know what? When I lived in America and paid insurance and copayments and all that jazz.. at least the people I paid knew me and didn't have to take the same bloody information time and time again and start at square one constantly. I'd rather shuck out a $20 co-payment and feel like I and my health matter to someone than be stuck in a system where I'm just a number and in a system that is so overburdened that my health is not a priority.

So there.