Monday, January 19, 2009

Waiting

As we all know I do not like to wait, I do not like to have my hair done if the hairdresser is slow. I have no patience. OK I am a type A personality. Got to do it now and if possible will you do it yesterday?
So today I had a doctor appointment. My apt was at 3 PM. I arrived at 3 on the dot, I waited maybe ten minutes in the waiting room, I was then escorted to the exam room. I waited. ( May I add I was the only one in the waiting room and only one in the exam rooms). I waited.
I waited, I was getting tense. I opened the door, I finally saw another lady being escorted to a room. I told the nurse the room was too hot and I had to have air. She understood. Finally I said, " Is the doctor even here?" She assured me he was, he was just making notes on his last patient. I was fuming. I was so tense, I wanted to walk out and say forget it.
Finally after an hour he came in, Again he was with no patient. I could have been scheduled for later and saved my time and anxiety.
At 430 I arrived home and walked to my room, took a tranquilizer and stripped down to my P.J.s I needed to relax.
As I sat, I realized I had not ate for over 7 hours. I ate a little soup and bread. I was too tense to eat.
Why oh why do I do this?
My tranquilizer began to calm me a little but the chest tightening was not going away. I finally took a Nitro and the discomfort left.
So what gives a doctor a right to do this to a person? I just do not understand why this is not considered Rude and Overpriced care. I bet he charges me for more time and I am going to protest.
He also is not my primary care physician and he wants to run test to check interaction between my medications, (meds he did not prescribe). Not his business.
I have to pay for any test he runs, If Sheila runs them I do not have to pay.
I refuse to let him run test. That is None of His Business, He is my specialist on the injury, Nothing more. He has treated me conservatively for 14 years and I do not want all these test ran.
He said he would keep the cost down, Like HECK He will, any thing is more than I will pay.
So I left with no test and took my information for my own physician to take care of.
Why do Doctors do that, Anything to make more money.
URRRRR I am better and thank God I could finally settle down and stop the chest pain.
It just upset me so much.
Poor David has to set there and listen to me vent and wishing I would settle down before I have a heart attack.
So that is my gripe for today, Now it is off my chest and maybe I can rest a little, tonight.
Love to all my friends and family.

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