No steps forward and one week wait

So I was scheduled for that physical.

I was going to have it yesterday.

I drove out to the doctors, signed waited in the waiting room, filled out the paper work, waited some more, made a bad N1H1 joke, waited some more, reassured the people around me I didn't have N1H1, waited some more, and was finally got called up by a nurse.

She pulled me into the first room on the left. Put my chart on a table and said:

"We don't have people see doctors who are not their primary physicians."
"I have a primary physician?"
"Yes, it says on your chart Dr. Enriquez is your primary physician."
"Oh... I haven't had a physical in like 7 years, I didn't remember."
"It says you had one in 2005.."
"Really? Seemed like it was longer."
"I know what you mean. Dr. Enriquez is going away to a convention tomorrow, so you'll have to come back next friday."
"..I can't see Dr. Louis?"
"No, he isn't your primary physician."
"I saw in in June though, for my ear..."
"I know. You'll have to come back friday, that's the soonest Dr. Enriquez can see you."
"Oh. I'm just worried about time. I have a surgery scheduled and I need this done two weeks before the surgery."
"It'll get done in time, don't worry"

Then she rambled about dictating and weeks and days and 24 hour shipping.

"And don't worry, we won't bill you for today."
"....thank you?"


So I go out to the front desk with the nurse, she hands the appointment lady a paper saying that I won't be charged for waiting in their waiting room and she says to schedule me for Dr. Enriquez at the first opportunity. So the lady jotted me down for the 29'th of Sept.
Which is next tuesday.

What happened to friday?

...yeah I dunno. So I waited for mom to finish with her physical, she's got to go back anyway. I told her what was going on and she brought up a valid point.

"It took them this long to realize Dr. Louis isn't your primary care physician?"
We scheduled these bad boys quite some time ago, and I DID wait in the waiting room for a long ass time.. why did it take two seconds before my physical to realize that I was seeing the wrong guy?

SO YEAH.

I get to go back to get my physical, and then I get to go with mom to some other facility for the blood work.

We're also scrambling to get 10 contacts. I think we're almost there.
We also need to get dad's support letters.
I need to write MY letter.
And do the dreaded "before" pictures.

I think I shall post them.
Maybe.





...in a year.