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I'll just reschedule that

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Reading Jean's blog I picked up one point that is really bugging me at the moment. I wait and wait and wait and wait for an appointment for Ray. Aha, the secretary rings and books me one. Jumping Jubilee Ray is finally getting his swallow test. No more coughing without reason, no more going blue in the face, no more throwing up on his plate ( he did that yesterday, I fancied lunch again about 4pm). Settle down, take a deep breath.

 

But hang on, I have two other appointments this week, one rescheduled from two weeks ago. One new one. Can't get my hair cut or go to the GP about the arm problem. Oh well, Ray's got his appointment so smile.

 

"HI Mrs W, this is Annette from the hospital, Ray's appointment for the procedure will have to be re-scheduled I'm afraid. I will ring at a later date to notify you of the new time. Sorry for any inconvenience. Bye."

 

Now, I know at this point some of you are wondering why i am going on about something so pointless, after all I am a caregiver, "retired" with twenty four hours to fill each day. My excuse is that I am trying to fit in a life too.

 

It's the Christmas season and I need to shop, phone, send out extra cards, deck the halls with lots of baubles etc. It's the summer season so I need to water the garden so it doesn't all go brown and crispy, pull some weeds and drag together the leaves that blew down in the summer gale last night. It's summer and I'd like at least a glimpse of the beach instead of looking at pictures of it in the magazines in a doctor's surgery.

 

When do I get my life in? When do I stop jumping through hoops others set for me and get back to somewhere I want to be? When do Ray and I as a couple get to relax and enjoy the sun, the surf, the beaches, the reason we live here still and not in some box somewhere else in eldery care accommodation?

 

"Hi Annette, this is Mrs W, Ray will not be needing the procedure in your surgery, we got a bloke off the streets who used to be a streetsweeper to run a flu brush up and down his throat. Everything seems fine now. So sorry for the inconvenience.Bye for now, have a nice Christmas."

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jriva

 

Sue

 

You explained the frustration of changed appointments perfectly. I can't tell you how many Red Hat Teas, haircuts, etc. I've given up because of the famous reschedulers. I try to plan our time far enough head that we can get good spacing between things and get everything in, but The Re-chedulers don't care what we've got going on, we're to show up whenever THEY say to be there no matter how many things we have to cancel to do it. Glad we can find others who understand...

 

Jean

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Alright, I get where you both are coming from, but it works if you say I'm sorry, is that all you available? Sure you hear a big deep sigh on the other end and once the sigh is finished, launch into the explanatiuon of how you don't drive..... and you need to depend on others to get you to the appointment that has now turned into the scheduling nightmare from hell.

Just to shut you up, they'll happily give you any time you want. Works for me everytime.

 

Pam

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Pam

 

It doesn't work for hospitals and specialists in the big city. Trust me I've tried. Many of them won't even schedule you while you're standing in the office or on the phone. They just send you a card or call when you're suppose to clear your life for them.

 

Jean

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