Friday - September 07, 2012

hate being on time when others aren’t.

I believe it’s fair to say that not one person reading this has not felt pain of some kind in their lifetime.  Some perhaps more then others.
So I will not write at any length about my wife’s pain right now but want to tell you about a misadventure that occurred this week.

My wife has had a back curse (it’s been beyond a problem for a long time) and has managed to hold up pretty well.  Ask her how she feels and she will without hesitation tell you, “terrific.” Of course more often then not I remind her, “Jenn, you lie like a rug.”

So along with the damn shingles thing and the ensuing maddening itch, behind her right eye and right side of head, she’s been on pain meds for the back and with no success whatever.  Morphine apparently is quite selective in who it wants to help, and it most assuredly does not want to help her.  Of course her doctor is very well aware of the condition and all the pills being taken on a daily basis.

About a week ago her doctor called her in for another exam.  Used to be the docs in the practice we go to were bang on time with appointments, unless an emergency called them away.  But generally over here, they do not double and triple book as is done in the states.  At least they didn’t use to.

Her appointment was for 11:40 in the morning and as is our habit, we will go to extremes to be on time.  And early whenever we can.  So we’re there about 8 minutes early and there’s the wife in the waiting room, and she suggests to me that I might want to take the time as we seem to have plenty, to go downstairs to the shops and pick up a few wanted items and my magazine which I keep threatening to subscribe to but haven’t.  This I did and took about 15 minutes doing it and went back only to find that she still had not been called in.  Not the worst thing that can happen.  Unless you’re hurting a lot.  She was finally called at 12.  Doctor said she wanted the wife to have a blood test as perhaps there was something else going on we needed to be aware of.  Nothing specific now but she felt a blood test should be done, and said she’s set things in motion, we wouldn’t need the usual paperwork.  Make an appointment to see the Phlebotomist who comes in 2wice a week, or just go to the hosp. where they do that with no appointments, but the wait can be longer depending on how busy they get.  It’s one of those pick a number things and you’re called when your number shows on the board.  Well, due to how bad the wife was feeling, I suggested she make an appointment at the offices we were in and go home immediately. Which we did.

The blood test was scheduled for 11:50 in the morning yesterday. As usual we were on time.  Unfortunately the vampire wasn’t, and it was 12:05 before the wife was called in.  And out she came a minute later.  Quick blood test?  Nope.

The nurse taking blood samples had no record of a doctor’s request for my wife’s blood test in her computer, and since my wife had no paperwork, she hadn’t a clue as to what sort of test was needed.

My wife’s doctor, who has in the past shown a slight problem with paperwork, apparently forgot to enter any information with a test request.

Oh yeah, the good doctor is on holiday at the moment.
She left for a week or so on the day before the scheduled test.

So now we wait. Again.  And will go through the whole damn procedure.  Again.

Posted by peiper     on 09/07/2012 at 10:50 AM   
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