Re: Waiting for referrals and severely deficient in hugs
I don't think you're selfish in the slightest. I wish I had more insight, but I can pass out a virtual hug.
Heart issues are exhausting. My dad went through some - he went to the doctor with a virus and was told he was in AFIB, had a thorough workup with a cardiologist who said everything was fine, and then about a month ago ended up in the hospital because he was in AFIB again and was afraid it was a heart attack. According to their cardiologist: "the heart does weird things sometimes", which is both comforting and also...not. They put him on meds and he seems to be doing fine, though is regular cardiologist has said there would have been better meds for them to have used, but to switch he has to be hospitalized again so they're not doing that right now.
It can really just be a lot, and it's incredibly frustrating when you have these highly paid professionals that are, well, human but who are also maybe not doing their jobs as well as they could. I'm surprised your GP let your cholesterol "go", but I've also found that some doctors are more alarmed by certain labs than others. It could be the doctor in A&E would have put you on a statin, but that your numbers are such that other docs, including your GP, thought that diet/exercise would be enough to help? I had some issues with higher cholesterol myself and my doctor said because I was young and not overweight that I should just switch up my diet - it went years where it was still high and finally this year it's lowering, thankfully. But I do agree that if you're not 'high risk' they will often just let you go and hope for the best.
I'm sure this wasn't the most helpful post, but I'll be thinking of you and hopefully this month goes quickly and you can get some solid (good!) news after your appointment.
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