Today is a Doctor visit day. What that means is that I have go into the city and visit the VA. I hate going there. The first experience is to drive around until I find a parking spot. No easy task. Then it goes downhill from there.
The first question the doctor will ask is "What is your issue that brings you here today?"
Here we go because this question is right up my ally of expertise. What you have just told me with that question is that you have no idea of who I am or more importantly no idea of my condition. And you failed to even look at my file before seeing me. Now lets see if my assumption is correct. So I will plainly state,
" I have been coming here for the last 20 years and now you are asking me for my diagnosis, if I have to tell you we are in deep shit here".
He or she will then turn to their computer and look up my record. Then I will be sent to give a quart of blood for every test. Only problem is that some of the test should be fasting tested which was a failure on their part because that should have been done when they called me for the appointment. I did mention it when they required me to make the appointment. I will make a point of this at and if the appropriate time comes up.
They tested me for TB once. Now that was an adventure. If you look at my record it says in bold red letters do not test for TB. But they sent me anyway, I didn't say anything and complied. A couple days I went back for my follow up appointment.
When the nurse looked at my arm I watched her eyes get the size of watermelons. I ducked because I didn't want them to pop out and hit me. She ran out of the room leaving me sitting there for a bout a half hour.
A group of them came back in in full dress disease prevention protocol. They ask me if I traveled and who I came in contact with along with a slew of question. They drew lines around the reaction on my arm. When I asked what was the purpose of it I found out that it was part of the reporting for the CDC. I asked if they already gave a preliminary reported it. They said yes so it was time to stop this BS and embarrass some people. As I was leaving a environmental containment bed was being wheeled to the clinic area. made me laugh
I don't get upset over these things because its routine. I am at the VA hospital 1-2 days a week. I am on a first name basis with some of the Doctors and we do have a laugh over a cup of coffee in the cafeteria.
I cannot understand why people in their right mind would want Government Healthcare.
wolfhart
Minnow III