No show

Today I went to the doctor. Again. I checked in at 2:10 for a 2:20 appointment. No one else was in the waiting room and the receptionist merrily announced that she would let the doctor know I was there.

People came in. People went out. More people came and went and after fifty minutes I finally went back to the receptionist's desk. Now there were two women there, so I asked the other one if she knew how much longer I would have to wait? 

She looked up my name and said, "You were a no show, so you lost your place!" I explained that I absolutely was not a no show.  

An hour later, when I finally got into a room, I told the nurse what happened. She said, "I came to the waiting room, but you were a no show, so I took the next person!!!!!!"

I had to explain what happened - twice - before she acknowledged it! Then she told me my rash might, or might not be due to the medicine, that the doctor would let me know. I explained that there was no doubt that the medicine caused the rash. Then she took my blood pressure and seemed surprised that it was so high.

Thank god the doctor took one look at me and said, "Oh my god, that is definitely an allergic reaction to the medicine."

She gave me a Cortizone shot and a prescription for methylprednisolone, making sure that I knew if it didn't get better she might put me on an extended one.

I went to the pharmacy to pick it up and the guy in front of me never moved in the drive up lane. After fifteen minutes a store rep came out and told all of us to move into the next line as we could. The guy at the window was filling out insurance forms! I have to say, the nice guy behind me stayed back and let me in for which I am grateful.

I am a body attached to a rash and that is an itchy situation.