Oh for goodness sake, bloody doctors

[Becky123]

Phoned my GP this morning, they lost 1 urine sample done on 24th aug, rang up for the results of the 2nd one and they've lost that one aswell,
I think I've got a UTI which I've had symptoms for since 24th august,
But they won't give me antibiotics till they get the results back from the lab, but they've lost the 2 samples I've given, so now have to go and drop another one off and hope they don't loose that 1 aswell

 

[LadyBelle]

That's awful! I would ask them if you can wait on the results as they don't actually take that long to come back...that's the least they can do since they lost two samples.

 

[Becky123]

Tried asking that but apparantly they take over night at least

 

[Waiting2bMommy]

How do they loose a sample? When I give mine the nurse takes it and tests it right away!

 

[2016]

I would forget the doctor and call up your labour ward. I went into mine a couple of weeks ago because i was worried about a urine infection on a Saturday. They used a dip test on my pee immediately and put my mind at rest. That is nonsense really - never heard of it being "sent away" or taking so long.

ps. I believe you can also quite cheaply buy the dip tests the nurses/midwives use to test for infection/protein and other stuff in your pee. Maybe you want to try that if no joy.

 

[Becky123]

Will look into buyin some dip sticks, my doctors are useless, you take the sample and put it in a box at reception and someone picks up the box and take it to the lab, and they do all the testing at the lab, it would make a lot more sense to test it theere and then.