I'm glad that I don't get sick often.
I hate going to the doctor's office.
Today was a good example.
1) I had a 10 a.m. appointment to talk with my doctor about some things and I didn't see my doctor till around 12:15 p.m.
2) Why? I had to wait on 15 sick people before me because my visit was a non-emergency.
3) Who were these sick people?
Here are some highlights.
There was the sick baby boy that was excreting some substance (not drool) onto some wash cloth that his father was holding near his mouth.
There was the energetic baby girl that was stripping in the doctor's office. At one point, the attention-seeking female child even threw her coat on the floor and then dived on top of it like it was a sled. She then started sliding around the floor.
There was the teenage female that threw up in the bathroom. Her vomit reactions were so loud at one point, the receptionists turned up the music so the other patients couldn't hear her.
There was the old man that wanted to cut in line to see the doctor because his problem was more urgent than the other 14 sick people.
There was the mother that tried to scam the receptionists with an invalid insurance card. The receptionists kept telling the woman that the doctor doesn't take that insurance and if she wants the doctor to see her child she will have to pay out of pocket for that visit.
There was the little boy that didn't like the children's furniture setup in the office and kept moving the table and chairs around. A squealing sound accompanied every square inch that the little boy moved the furniture.
11 comments:
Sounds like the last time I went to the doctor. I had been up all night the night before, so I ended up falling asleep. And when I woke up 2 hours later, it was standing room only, of coughing, sneezing, sick folks. And I actually didn't even see the doctor b/c I felt better and went home.
man, that sounds like the doctor's appointment from hell.
Thank goodness I haven't been sick enough to go to the doctor.
I wonder what was coming out of dude's mouth! Ugh!
Was u in the hood? See u cant be running to the doctor everytime u have a runny nose, or you have a headache. they aint getting my co pay money. I only try to go for really serious issues that can't be avoided. Luckily, i have no horror stories to share....
@ladynay... Not sure...but it was disgusting.
@negropino...Nope...my doctor's office is in a nice area in a very respectable town. It is a hispanic run doctor's office.
Sherlon, it sounds like you go to a pediatrician! Imma need you to find another doctor. That's pretty much unacceptable. I too had a doctor's appointment this week - for a flu shot. I came in at 9 a.m. and was back at my house by 10 a.m.
Your doctor needs to step his or her game up.
this is why i don't have children. i've had 2 appts in the last week and both had child-free waiting rooms. for the dentist, i walked straight into my appt. it was delightful.
@t dot...it is a family owned practice and they take adults and children. They are good doctors that is why they have a lot of patients.
Like you, I don't get sick that often, either.
But I came back to the wild West with the cold (partly because I MADE myself sick over something that totally was NOT worth it).
So here I am with a sore throat and a runny nose.
And thanks to your story, I don't have the energy to go to the doc...
@solitaire...sorry my story put a damper on your feelings of the doctor. But if you are sick...go to the doctor.
Oh no I second that not falling ill too often sentiment, as I knock on wood, or what I hope is wood.
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