I don’t like the “Leave a
note on the online portal for your doctor” bit.
No one gets back to you with anything concrete. I got a diagnosis, and I am left feeling totally
abandoned, unknowing, and with a clear inability to communicate my needs and
wants. Ya like that. I didn’t.
On the third day of
leaving notes, like calling for help into deep, barren, snow covered, canyons,
I finally got a note from the doc herself.
I made the only appointment available, and now I am calling the clinic
every morning at 7 to see if there is a cancellation. Life is not boring.
Work is not boring. Last week we had tons of beautiful
clothing. This week we seem to have
interesting ceramics. Cookie jars…they
sell slowly, but they sell. Soup tureens…they
sell even slower. I don’t tell them that
I keep my toilet brush in one. It looks white, sterile, and clean sitting
there under my toilet. No
furniture. Boy do we need furniture.
So I have been taking lots of pictures in the shop. Few out in the world as I quietly wait to see
if I improve, if I see a doctor. And I
do improve.
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- Himself: Work is very slow, but he still has a job.
- Me, myself, and I: Slowly inching back into eating. Rice. Scrambled eggs. Chicken soup. Cheering the less pain.
- Reading: Just finished, “Death at La Fenice.” A Donna Leon mystery set in Venice. I like it.
- Captain Poolie: One of us was invited to go spread ashes off the boat. George gets seasick. We declined.
- Gratitude’s: Cheering the little discomfort.
One needs face time with one's doctor........the opportunity to ask questions as thoughts arise......to argue (pleasantly of course) to ask for alternatives....
ReplyDeleteHope you get an earlier appointment!
ReplyDeleteYou need to be passive/aggressive, too. Doesn't work that well for us, though.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get in soon. This is something that I love about our doc. If can usually get in to see her that same day or the next. She always seems to leave some room in her schedule.
ReplyDeleteI do hope you get in to see the doc soon. Nothing like a face to face to get answers to our questions. Make a list so you don't forget anything.
ReplyDeleteI feel like you and I are in some kind of time warp with our dr's. I don't know that I've ever had a primary where I could leave them notes on the computer... amazing. For myself, I'm waiting for the first of March so my insurance will be active and I can call in and get appts for the other half and me. I want to get them to do another kidney function test on him and find out what's going on ... for myself, I want to get an evaluation of my breathing and something for the cough so I can sleep at night.
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