Doctors

Yesterday I had a doctor's appointment at a local hospital. My doctor referred me for some tests. A bit over a week ago, I got a letter in the mail saying that my appointment would be at 11:15 AM. I didn't get to make the appointment or have any say in when it was and the doctor was only in on Wednesdays so the appointment had to be a Wednesday at the time they specified. I also had to rearrange three things to make the appointment because if I had to change it, there was no knowing when I'd get another appointment.

Anyway, I left my apartment a few minutes past 10:00 AM. I stopped to get cash and a litre of water. I got to the train station and had to wait 20 minutes for a train. Finally, one came and I took it to the stop I needed. Since I am directionally challenged, I went in the opposite direction that I needed to go. So, I walked for a few minutes and got to the sea. I turned around and then followed the map to the hospital. I got there about 11:20. I then waited in line to "check in" until 11:45. I then waited until about 1:15 to be seen by the doctor. One of his registrars (still don't know really what they are) saw me instead of the person I was referred to. He read the referral letter and I recapped what my concerns were. He then handed me a bunch of paperwork for a ton of routine blood work and put another referral into a different basket. I was in his office 5 minutes at the most.

After leaving his office, I went down to where blood is drawn. I had to take a number and they had one of those displays showing what number they were currently on. So, I waited some more. Since I was freezing by the time my number got called and it is difficult to draw blood from me anyway, I had to run my hands under hot water so that the lady could get blood out of them. She then drew the blood and I got to go home. It was 3:00 PM by the time I got home. Now I get to wait 4-6 weeks to go back to the hospital for more tests...