I had 'one of those days' today. I had labs and xrays scheduled for today and a nutritionists visit. My doctor's office is a hot mess. I have never dealt with people who were so disorganized and just plain unprofessional. They used to be great...in the last 6 months things have gone down hill quickly. There were numerous calls this week with numerous instructions. I had a feeling things would be bad.
First of all, they sent me to the wrong place. The folks there were AWESOME. Called the doctors and spoke to numerous folks until they got it right. They gave me directions where to go. Well, kinda. They sent me to the hospital but the hospital has at least 40 huge buildings and so it took me a while to find where I was suppose to be. Thirty minutes later, I was where I needed to go. Pleasant people all around. But guess what? No orders in the system. Once again, a kind person called the office and talked to a myriad of people about what I needed. Then she ordered what I really needed. See, she had this surgery in the past and knew what I needed. Thank goodness!
At this point I am almost 12 hours without water...which means I will be a pin cushion before they find a vein. But everyone was super pleasant. The worst test included jabbing a needle in my wrist to get blood from an artery. Dear lord. But that was over quickly.
I was late for my appointment with the nutritionist because of the run around. When I got there, I unloaded on her and complained about the craziness.
The funny thing is...when I left there and went and got lunch, I was sensible in my selection of lunch. I did have coffee which I needed badly, but I ordered a low fat wrap and water. My previous self would have ordered dessert. But with all that stress and pain, I focused on my goal. And that my friend, is a WIN!!!
Try to remember that you are on a journey...it is a marathon. And if you let people knock you off course, it spells disaster for you not them! Hugs!
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