It finally has gotten warm here. I had to turn on the AC for the first time yesterday. We have windows open right now, fans on. It got up to 80 yesterday. Same is expected for today. More importantly, let me tell you about the worst doctor appointment ever.
I had a scheduled appointment at the UoM Urology center. From the minute I arrived I had bad vibes. I don't know why, but something was off. I just felt like it was a bad place. I get there at 2:01 for a 2:15 consultation. That word is very important. I went in specifically to discuss a consultation for an orchi. Nothing more, nothing less. The waiting room is 90% men. Already a bad sign. All over the walls are posters for $1 cialis and viagra. Bad sign two. As I check in, they don't even look at me and immediately use my dead name. Ugh. At 2:29 they take me back to a room and force me to give a urine sample. Wtf? I am here for a simple consultation. They won't see me unless I pee in a cup and do a weigh in. Fine. I just want this done. I sit in that room until 3:02. Seriously. I was walking out when the doctor finally came in. He is a pompous asshole from the first minute in the room. He starts asking me all these questions about my health this and that and I stop him and say I am just here for a consult on an orchi, why these questions? "Oh, I don't do those any more but we found microscopic traces of blood in your urine. Here's what we want to do next..." Wait, what? First off you don't do what I came in here for?? You couldn't have told me that when I made the fucking appointment? You couldn't have told me that five minutes after I arrived? It's in the fucking patient notes. Are you kidding me?? Well he wants to do ultrasounds and scopes and this and that and I am like no, I need to leave. I have a meeting, I am already running behind, no. "Well let us take blood at least". Literally as I am sitting into the blood chair I get the results back from my most recent tests at my normal doctor. I stop the nurse and show her. She is like hmm well I still need this one thing you don't have. WTF??? This is a full panel and everything is in the green?? What more do you need from me?? I let them take the vial and I left. I went to check out and the front girl is trying to schedule shit and I am like no, I need to go. How much for today? $50. Seriously?? For nothing?? I was so frazzled when I got in the car. I got home and immediately made an appointment with my normal doctor for Friday. I plan on going over everything with her. I never felt so unseen, unheard, and treated this bad in a doctor's office before. It felt like they knew they couldn't get any money out of me for what I wanted so they started making things up. This motherfucker is talking cancer and kidney stones and all sorts of shit. I will never go back to that office again even if something is really wrong with me. Nope.
I also worked on some shit with B yesterday and we managed to solve an issue that's been plaguing us for a while. That at least felt good. Had a meeting with my boss and we set up dinner for when C and I are in town. Also good. We went for a nice walk to decompress and got Mediterranean. Dinner was awesome. We played games online with friends, and went to bed around 11. I also talked with one of my friends in the Bay Area and we got lunch scheduled for when we are there. Nice.
Today I have a full 8:30 - 4:30 day. This should be interesting.
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