TIME TO VENT

Today has been one humdinger of a day! Is humdinger really a word?

My first stop was Flagler Family Medicine who will NEVER see me walk through their doors again. All I ask is to talk to a doctor before they put me on thyroid medicine that I will have to take the rest of my life. Is that to much to ask?

I felt like I was in a Seinfeld episode. I think they wrote on my chart that I refused to take the medicine unless I talked to someone other than the receptionist first! Dr. Gunn walks in and I get a cold reception. Now let's back this story up a little bit. I requested him because my doctor was Dr. Dolgin (who I have seen a big three times) and he has a personality like my big toe. He doesn't talk to you...he types in his little laptop and you are out the door in 3 minutes flat. So that is why I decided to try Dr. Gunn which took an act of congress to get to see him! I start talking to him and he tells me he is referring me to a specialist...something that ends in "ologist". My number is 7.48 and 4 is normal. All I want to know is this something I have to start now or can we just monitor it and wait. Nope! He wasn't answering any questions. He was downright rude! Any by the way, thank you for your $20 co-pay is what he should have said next!

I then asked him if he could look at me because of "this" and I use my hand to circle around my face to show him my plugged nose, sore throat, etc. He tells me he doesn't even want to be in the room with me because I am so contagious and I have an Upper Respitory Infection! Excuse me??? I thought I was in a doctors office!!! He never looked at my throat or in my ears and told me to eat chicken soup and rest and it will go away in 10 days. Oh, and he told me to take Mucinex D. He said if I didn't feel better in a few days to make an appointment with Dr. Dolgin! Dr. Dolgin, the guy who doesn't talk and types novels in his laptop.

Whatever happened to a doctor sitting down and talking to you? Is it too much to ask? Long story short, I am not going to the specialist they referred me to because I am through with Flagler Family Medicine. I made an appointment with another doctor who came highly recommended. The first thing the girl tells me when I make the appointment is that they schedule an hour for the first appointment so the doctor can talk to you and get to know you! Imagine that! There are people out there who still do care.

Next I run to Publix to get my Mucinex D. I knew it wasn't cheap so I figured I would use it towards my $50 for a gas card. I get in line with a few items and my cashier says "Oh it's the coupon lady"! Oh great! Now they know me there! I said I only had a few items and coupons. When I got home, I looked at my receipt because something just wasn't adding up for me. It turns out he forgot to take off the $10 for the gas card! I bought:

4 Advil
Rye Bread
Pineapple (I thought these were still $2.99. Wrong week. I paid $4.99 OUCH!)
Eggs
2 CoverGirl Eyeshadow
Bananas
$50 gas card

My total that they charged me was $55.36 and it should have been $45.36!! Not bad for the above and a $50 gas card!

I hope the rest of my day goes better and I don't lose the receipt to get my $10 refunded back to me!