Winning through

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The four monthly oncologist's appointment arrived. As usual sat and waited and waited despite my appointment according to the receptionist being the first.  Another person went ahead of me - on enquiring I was told three appointments could be given for the same time!  What the logic is in this arrangement I cannot imagine - it only leads to a rise in frustration waiting extra time,  annoyance, raised stress levels - not to mention car parking fees.

Well the results were worth waiting for - down to just over 8!!  Next time not even a blood test in four months.  My husband turned from a highly anxious person to Mr Happy.  Pity I had to live with Mr Anxious driving me nuts and highly stressed beforehand!  Dealing with his anxiety has at time been worse than the chemo etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Congratulations -  I have found, from my numerous conversations with many medical personnel I have encountered so far, that they often have "no-shows" for appointments, even for surgical procedures !

    So, I'm not entirely surprised at them "overbooking" slots (I believe that airlines do precisely the same thing...overbooking flights, then banking on a certain jumber of booked passengers not showing up)

    As an engineer, I sympathise with the fact that they want to keep their very expensive, very skilled, people working as efficiently as possible.

    The downside for us, as "clients" , is that, should everyone actually turn up, some of us will be sat twiddling our thumbs for a while .......

    Given the generally good standard of care, it's something I've come to accept.....