In case you needed to know, I feel like a zombie that got ran over by a school bus about ninety times. I’ve got some kind of bug — or a really, really brutal sinus infection — and missed work and class today because I feel like crap.
To top it off, when I called my regular doctor (my primary care doctor, NOT the office where I see Pam the PA), they didn’t even seem to care. The receptionist just brushed me off and told me she’d have the doctor call in a prescription. Um, hello? You can’t just call in a prescription without seeing me! I could have swine flu or something, for all you know!! (Not that I have swine flu. I’m just sayin’.)
This was at 9:30 this morning. Two episodes of Dollhouse later, I still hadn’t heard back from them. So I called again, she brushed me off again, and told me the doctor just got in — apparently doctors don’t have to come in to the office until 11 am now — and that they would call me once he’d called in the prescription. I felt too shitty and dumbfounded to argue.
“Okay…” I said before she hung up. Hooray for health care.
Then I decided to call Pam the PA’s office. They can’t fit me in until tomorrow morning, so it looks like I’m going to miss another day of work (missed Monday because of the holiday), which means I’m going to have to use my vacation time (since I don’t get sick time). Either that or be broke, which I already am. (I’m a web designer and I’m broke. I still can’t figure that out.)
My primary care doctor’s office finally called me around 2 this afternoon. She said the doctor called in a prescription for an antibiotic and a cough medicine.
“Cough medicine?” I asked.
“You said you had a cough.”
“Yeah, from my allergies!” I then explained my symptoms again: low fever, sinus pressure, very sore throat, fatigue.
“Well, we don’t have to call in the cough medicine. We can just call in the antibiotic.”
I sighed. “Fine.”
I have yet to go pick up my prescription. I don’t have the energy, and how do I even know that I need an antibiotic? There are a lot of bugs going around right now, so I don’t want to just take some medicine if I don’t need it. Maybe I need a specific antibiotic. Of course, they wouldn’t know, because they couldn’t be bothered to see me.
Argh, health care.
Did I mention that my good friend, Chronic Pain, is here to visit today too? So on top of a sinus headache and a sore throat, I’ve also got achy legs.
At least I get to watch Dollhouse.
