Last Monday of January (26th) of 2015

ecchi · 2015-01-26, 03:03 PM

Weird doctor's appointment. I got a letter from him before Christmas that said basically "Your test results are in, please make an appointment to discuss them. It is not urgent, so you may have to wait about a month for an appointment." Today was that appointment, and the test results were "Everything the same as before. Your kidneys are fucked (my terminology not the doctor's medical diagnosis). You are still diabetic. Carry on as before." We already knew that my kidneys were fucked (still my terminology, still not the doctor's medical diagnosis) and diabetes is incurable, so obviously I would still be diabetic.

He ended up asking me about my work. Then we talked about the fact that I look after a friend's dog during the day and he told me that he was terrified of dogs. A waste of his time and mine.

I'm guessing that the reason was this: They used to have a system where you had to phone up for your results, and I'm guessing that some government inspector decided this was not good enough (the state pays all our medical bills except dentistry so has a say in "quality control") and put them on a warning. So my doctor felt he had to call me in for a chat or risk another "report"!

Silly bloody pointless waste of time.

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2015-01-26, 03:03 PM	#3
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	Weird doctor's appointment. I got a letter from him before Christmas that said basically "Your test results are in, please make an appointment to discuss them. It is not urgent, so you may have to wait about a month for an appointment." Today was that appointment, and the test results were "Everything the same as before. Your kidneys are fucked (my terminology not the doctor's medical diagnosis). You are still diabetic. Carry on as before." We already knew that my kidneys were fucked (still my terminology, still not the doctor's medical diagnosis) and diabetes is incurable, so obviously I would still be diabetic. He ended up asking me about my work. Then we talked about the fact that I look after a friend's dog during the day and he told me that he was terrified of dogs. A waste of his time and mine. I'm guessing that the reason was this: They used to have a system where you had to phone up for your results, and I'm guessing that some government inspector decided this was not good enough (the state pays all our medical bills except dentistry so has a say in "quality control") and put them on a warning. So my doctor felt he had to call me in for a chat or risk another "report"! Silly bloody pointless waste of time.