Waiting
Yesterday was all about my dad's nuclear stress test: https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2021/12/stress-test.html. Today is about waiting for the results.
I held off till about noon
before I called the doctor's office. Yesterday, David who did the test,
said the results would ready today. Called and got through with
surprising ease. I said I was calling for John's results. The
person seemed to think that they had been done but did not give me the
results. (No surprise I should have lied and said I was from Dr. X's
office.) The person I spoke to said the office would reach out to him
within a day or two if there were any problems.
I don't trust that so...
I asked to be transferred to
Pam who I spoke with yesterday. I got put on hold. I held for about
five minutes with LOUD annoying music (can't say if it was the doctor's on hold
music that was loud or if it had something to do with my parent's phone).
Then Pam came on and I told her who I was and that I understood the results
were in and wanted to confirm that they would be sent to the spine doctor's
office. She said they would and that it would take about 3 days to type
up the form. (3 days, really?). She confirmed that she had the note
that she wrote yesterday and that my father had follow up visits in January
2022. (Honestly, I don't care about any of the follow up visits...I just
want to get him cleared for the procedure.) She also said that no news
was good news; they only call if there is an issue and they call within a day
or two of the procedure.
So, I will keep waiting...I'll
wait till noon on Friday at which point I will call the spine doctor's office
and find out if they have gotten the results yet. If they haven't; I'll
call the cardiologist again. Yes, I am that pain in the A** that you
don't want to deal with. I'm hoping they don't want to deal with me;
maybe it will motivate them to do what they said they would do. I'll keep
calling until I get confirmation that the spine doctor has the paperwork he
needs and then I'll get into scheduling an appointment for the procedure.
With the Christmas just around
the corner (yes, it IS closer than you think), I don't know when we'll be able
to find a slot. Can we get this done before the new year? I'll keep
my fingers crossed. (If you are reading this and threw in some prayers, I
wouldn't turn them down.)
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