My Chemo Suite cheerfully informed me today that there has been a policy review on appointments, and as a result we shall henceforth have our consultations on different days from our treatment. "WTF???" as my nephew would say.
The reason for this breathtaking piece of blue skies thinking is to reduce long waits for consultations. So now I have to drag myself to hospital (mine 30 miles away) twice every 3 weeks instead of once, not to mention ad hoc scans, radioactive blasts, sundry organ MOT's, etc.
Is my hospital just barking or is this common policy? On the one hand we have the government screaming at us all to work and darkly implying our drugs and benefits will disappear in smoke; on the other the NHS is making my life as hard as possible. I suppose I'm "lucky" to have a job I can do cowering in bed on a laptop and a phone, but I do have deadlines, and how many employers are going to put up with this sort of regime? WHEN IT IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY!!!!
Sorry, but it's bonkers. A friend of mine's husband who was receiving treatment marched up to the nurses and demanded to be invited to their Christmas Party on the grounds that he practically lived in the place. Who else knows that feeling??? Am starting to understand people who just can't be @rsed with it all...
