Two weeks ago tomorrow i fell and fractured my ankle, some bloke was kind enough to practically carry me back to my house and i rang an ambulance, sobbing and in horrendous pain. However the woman on the phone felt she had to remind me because of the snow, there were quite a few like me,, also road accidents etc and the obvious obstacle of the snow on the roads and traffic etc so could i please bear with them and they would be there soon as .. thats fair enough. Even though i eventually waited one and a quarter hour for the ambulance i was just pleased to finally see the paramedic, he was in a car but said the ambulance was 2 mins behind,, which it was,,but oh dear ,, they didnt have a splint! so we then had to wait for another ambulance to be sent, we were assured one was being sent, then they rang the paramedic back to say we have had to stop that one as it didnt have splints either and they were sending another, funnily enouhg at this point it was the paramedic who was annoyed and frustrated,, i was high on morphine by this time so didnt care:)
sooo hey ho.. goes to hospital,, gets suited up for an op... last minute reprieve after some manipulation of the ankle ,, dont need an op woo hoo,, gets a cast on (nice purple colour) and im home by wed teatime with the news i will be getting an apointment for 2 weeks time.
That appointment was today. Everything went ok ,,had x ray,, doc says its healing well no problems,,, needs the cast to be on a further 4 weeks and still no weight bearing all that time.. oh well. so off i go to reception to get my appointment. this is where i lose it... the receptionist says oh sorry cant get you in for 4 weeks ,, tut oh well it will just have to be 5 weeks.
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err oh thats ok then,, i will just sit on my arrass another week shall i cos you cant fit me in.. fgs,, what if i was working and wanting to get back?? as it is my hubs is working less to be here looking after me at certain times. so then when i am saying to her no i wont wait another full week,, she finally goes off to see the consultant , comes back and confesses there is no way she can put me in that week as the doc is on his annual leave so wont be there,, and the nurse led clinic she was trying to get me in isnt on either as the nurse isnt there as its half term!!!!!!!! Im just looking at her stunned by now. I just had to say to her in the end, im so sorry just give me the appointment as im losing my loaf and i know its not your fault and dont want to take it out on you. She had tried her best but what can you do when the doc is on his hols(docs have to have hols as well) and the nurse who would take over is also off work as its half term and she probs has kids to look after...and the powers above think its unneccessary to provide any cover for this whole week as lets face it ,, they can just wait a week longer... cant be much inconvenience to us can it!:rolleyes:
so yes i have to wait 5 weeks to get this off my leg instead of, oh well im sure i wont be that sick of sitting around after 6 weeks another weeek will be just great!
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh:mad:
and yes i know there are a lot of people a lot worse off than me but at this moment i am so annoyed!:-5:-5:-5