Too many hospital appointments

[helli]

I have two lots of physio: one for my elbow and one for my shoulder (there is no physio who does the whole arm).
I have diabetes clinics. Thankfully, they are less than annually so not too often.
I have just signed up for a shingles/flu/COVID vaccine trial to determine if they can be taken at the same time.

Today, is shoulder physio day. When I got up, I thought my appointment was at 10:30 so I was mooching around drinking tea, eating breakfast, reading emails. At 9:15, I glanced at my calendar and saw a physio appointment at 9:40. I usually give myself 40 minutes to walk to the hospital so I swore loudly. Ran around the house like a blue a**ed fly then walked as fast as I could. On the way, I considered whether driving would have been quicker but decided I had made the right choice: I would have to deice the car, get stuck in traffic and find a parking space which would take as long.
I made it to the physio reception at 9:45. Not bad going for speed but I hate being late (and anyone else being late).
I needn't have worried. I had looked at next week's calendar. Today's appointment is at 10:30.

On the other hand, next week's appointments are both on Thursday (the first one at 9:40) and scheduled so I can go from one to the next. The second appointment even moved their break to make it easier for me.

I just need something to entertain me for 30 minutes, today.

 

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I have two lots of physio: one for my elbow and one for my shoulder (there is no physio who does the whole arm).
I have diabetes clinics. Thankfully, they are less than annually so not too often.
I have just signed up for a shingles/flu/COVID vaccine trial to determine if they can be taken at the same time.

Today, is shoulder physio day. When I got up, I thought my appointment was at 10:30 so I was mooching around drinking tea, eating breakfast, reading emails. At 9:15, I glanced at my calendar and saw a physio appointment at 9:40. I usually give myself 40 minutes to walk to the hospital so I swore loudly. Ran around the house like a blue a**ed fly then walked as fast as I could. On the way, I considered whether driving would have been quicker but decided I had made the right choice: I would have to deice the car, get stuck in traffic and find a parking space which would take as long.
I made it to the physio reception at 9:45. Not bad going for speed but I hate being late (and anyone else being late).
I needn't have worried. I had looked at next week's calendar. Today's appointment is at 10:30.

On the other hand, next week's appointments are both on Thursday (the first one at 9:40) and scheduled so I can go from one to the next. The second appointment even moved their break to make it easier for me.

I just need something to entertain me for 30 minutes, today.

Seen been done many times. Expected Virgin yesterday to sort a damaged outside box and grumbled when they didn't arrive only to check and it was not until today.

 

[Lauren]

Bless you, not fun!
I feel you on the number of hospital appointments. I'm so thankful my work is on top of disability rights etc as I'm out at one appointment or other most weeks.
I do remember once turning up at my diabetes clinic to be told I had got the wrong day, and to come back tomorrow! At least I hadn't missed it..!

 

[Eddy Edson]

I had a spooky experience last week. Made it on time for ophthalmologist appointment, just - but no receptionist, which seemed a bit odd.

After a few minutes doomscrolling on my phone, it occurred to me that there was nobody else waiting and in fact no sign of anybody at all.

I went for a hesitant wander through the open but empty rooms - no doctors, no techs, no staff, all very Mary Celeste- until right in the back in a little cubbyhole I stumbled on a tech working at a desk. We both yelped!

Anyway, it turned out that the specialists & every body else except the tech were on leave & I'd got the month wrong when I put the appointment in my calendar, doh.

The tech gave me a touch-of-the-early-onsets-hmmm look as she escorted me out. She wasn't to know it was actually just a function of life-long inherent ineptitude 🙂

 

[Docb]

I just need something to entertain me for 30 minutes, today.

Well, putting a post on a forum from your mobile phone in which you exposed to the whole world your complete incompetence when it comes to reading a calendar and, at the same time giving all us oldies the opportunity for a knowing chuckle, will have taken care of that.

 

[Flower]

I legged it on crutches to my 10 am podiatry clinic on Monday, got the earlier bus & walked really fast to arrive one hour early as appointment was at 11 o’clock.

On the plus side I now know that next weeks appointment is at 10, I knew one of them was!

Its easy to mix up multiple appointments & multiple locations. My phone & calendar may be smart but I’m somewhat lacking!

 

[helli]

Well, putting a post on a forum from your mobile phone in which you exposed to the whole world your complete incompetence when it comes to reading a calendar and, at the same time giving all us oldies the opportunity for a knowing chuckle, will have taken care of that.

That was kind of my thinking.
I prefer to entertain than give the impression I am a perfect robot.

A few years ago, I got to the airport with my boss and realised I had left my passport at home.
Thankfully, there was a later flight so I borrowed my boss's smart company car, legged it home for the passport and caught the later flight.
But not before telling my colleagues. I knew my mistake would come out at some point and I would rather I "owned the messaging".