Today was the day that I nearly lost my temper and had a good blub.  I phoned the appointments again at the Royal Oldham and explained why I was phoning (restorative dentist).  After discussion with her superior the woman on the other end of the phone offered me an appointment the week the chemo starts so I explained why this would not work so she offered me an appointment on Saturday the 20th-so I had to explain that chemo would have already started.  At this point I gave up and put it back into the dentists court.