I had to drive to work today. I have an appointment with an endocrinologist this afternoon and there isn't a train that can get me home and to my appointment on time.
I haven't driven into work for so long I forgot what a fucking nightmare the traffic is! I left my house at 6:30 and got to work at 7:50. Fuck! And what's worse is I have to drive in again tomorrow since my co-worker has to take one of her fuckwad kids to the doctors and I have to stay late. So, I get that joy again tomorrow!
On the plus side to having driven in I have my car here with me! I don't have to have a fucking frozen ass lunch. I can actually go out to Subway or Wendy's and get something. Not that it would probably taste any better than the Lean Cuisine shit I've been eating this week, but at least it's something different.
I still have to call the endocrinologists office to tell them I don't have my records from my old doctor since my old doctor is an asstrout. I called them three weeks ago, the day I made this appointment, letting them know I need the records. They made me fax over a release and I did that the same day. And I waited. And waited a little more. And I called them and they said they would look into it and call me back (translation: we don't give a shit that we're fucking you around since you're going to another doctor). Then, last Friday, I get a fucking letter from them stating I have to pay them $50 bucks for my records and they won't take a check or credit card - cash only. And, then, after payment to them I have to wait up to two weeks to receive copies of my records. Ummmm...it's Friday night, you aren't open on Saturday, I have to work Monday, my appointment is on Tuesday. Fucking assholes. Why couldn't they have told me that three weeks ago when I fucking called them the first time?
The biggest reason I'm switching doctors is that a) I really would like to see a specialist because I don't trust the medical certificates my current doctor's licenses are based on and b) because they are wanting to charge a $120 membership fee, per person, per year, for the privilege of going to their fucked up office. I found this out when I went to make an appointment to have my blood work done since the doctor told me that he won't refill my Synthroid prescription until they do another test. And my prescription runs out this month. Their bitch of a nurse tells me that I would need to pay the $240 membership fees for me and my husband before the doctor will see me.
I said, "Fuck you. I'll go someplace else.". Christ.
What the hell, you own those records. They should be your property and should not have to pay to get them. Tell your new doctor's office about the run around you got and maybe, since you have signed the release, they can get them directly.
What the hell, you own those records. They should be your property and should not have to pay to get them. Tell your new doctor's office about the run around you got and maybe, since you have signed the release, they can get them directly.