NHS GP SURGERY PRACTICE NURSES

Just here to blow off steam..... For the last few days....maybe even since the splenectomy 2 weeks ago, I feel like I've been kicked in the left kidney area. Yesterday after an hour journey in the car, with the kidney area supported on a folded blanket, it was somewhat uncomfortable by the time I got home. I have been eating paracetamol on a regular basis for 2 weeks. It helps a bit but not much. Today I decided to test my waterworks. It showed BLD-SNG ERY_HB 25+ hemolysed. Now I'm no nurse or doctor and maybe my kit has not been stored correctly and I don't know what +25 means but I know its a couple of stops up the scale from what it should be if the dipstick is correct. I phoned the hospital who 'advised me to go to the surgery, see a doctor or nurse pronto to get it checked professionally and maybe I would need some antibiotics for an infection. Get back to the hospital if necessary'. Brilliant, quick advice from a specialised cancer nurse who knows I wouldn't phone for advice without good reason. So I phoned my surgery....
No appointments today....that's good then....so I quietly stood my ground and got an appointment with the practice nurse who is allowed to issue prescriptions. She found no trace of anything and I explained about the pain. What I got was 'there's nothing in the sample'.....(so go home little lady and stop wasting my time, and what are you doing with your own test kit!!!) - nb. the hospital gave me a test kit during chemotherapy when I kept getting infections and I didn't want to keep visiting the surgery unnecessarily!). So with absolutely no sympathy whatsoever for the pain, and feeling like a hypochondriac and with no antibiotics, I left. I didn't feel like bothering the hospital again, although I know I will be in trouble on Monday for leaving it, but I haven't the heart. Back to my hot water bottle and paracetamol. I know the hemolysing is supposed to have stopped, but I feel it is back. I have the shakes and the radiating pain in my jaw which presents when it is back. My chest vibrations too. It could just be that I am coming off the steroids pretty quickly as well which doesn't help. I feel a big pity party coming on.