Re: Just venting and ranting Robin

[Guest guest]

Hi Robin:

After something like that, you certainly deserve a

good vent and rant! I loved Ebony's likening it to

the Twilight Zone - how true!

Sometimes there are glitches between doctor's offices,

but we do have to check our own appointments, within a

couple of weeks of the appointment, to make sure it

all goes through. The people in the offices are

fallible, and we need to take more interest in our

appointments than do other people, because when we

schedule an appointment with a rheumy, it might be

months from today. Check and recheck if you have to.

I am not saying that this was your fault - no way -

they goofed up; however, knowing that they do goof up

from time to time has made me more likely to make

double sure, if necessary, that I do have that

appointment on that day at that time. By all means,

send written and verbal complaint to both offices,

maybe that will keep them more on their toes, for a

while, and no doubt they will then slip back into

their former slipshod behavior. This is not true for

all doctor's offices, I have been lucky most of the

time and everything has gone well, but all of us have

our days, and I guess they do too.

I can only imagine your disappointment, anger, and

frustration at not getting to see the doctor. You had

all the hopes we all have of a final diagnosis - tell

us the monster's name that is tearing our lives apart

-and you were unable to get that. Maybe it will be a

long fight until you do, but hopefully the next

appointment will set you on your way to proper

treatment. I sure will be praying for you that this

will be the case.

You are welcome to come here and vent anytime - we all

have - and it does make one feel better to talk with

someone who knows how it is, and what it means to us

when an appointment is messed up, because of the

diseases we suffer from. Take care - and know you are

not alone -

Kathe in CA

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[Guest guest]

I am always called (by computer) to remind me of the date and time of

my doctor appointments. Even so, I can still get it messed up, LOL. I

recently had an appointment with my rheumy at 11:30. I had it written

correctly on my calendar, and I got the usual computer phone call. But

I got it in my head that the appointment was at 10:30, and got there at

10:15. I pleaded " Senior Moment, " but the nurse said they call

something like that " a brain f**t. " They did get me in before 11:30,

which I appreciated.

Sue

On Tuesday, September 26, 2006, at 02:42 PM, Kathe Sabetzadeh wrote:

>

> Sometimes there are glitches between doctor's offices,

> but we do have to check our own appointments, within a

> couple of weeks of the appointment, to make sure it

> all goes through. The people in the offices are

> fallible, and we need to take more interest in our

> appointments than do other people, because when we

> schedule an appointment with a rheumy, it might be

> months from today. Check and recheck if you have to.