Getting a doctor's appointment!! ARRG..
Hi everyone
I'm not sure if you people from the city suffer from this - but the problem is rife in the country areas.
If any of you have read a previous post of mine you'll know that Daniel is suffering from a fungal rash on the back of his knee, which I have been treating with Dactozin - recommended by the pharmacist.
It has just not been getting any better and I have been trying desperately to get a doctor's appointment so that a doctor can look at it.
You can't make appointments here days in advance. If you want a doctor's appointment you have to ring at 8:30am and try your luck every day. Mine (and Daniel's) luck is just not paying off. You can't even get past the receptionist and she doesn't seem to care about your son's rash that you want a doctor to have a look at. "You'll have to ring tomorrow at 8:30am again."
I very rarely go to the doctor. Only for things like the pill, pregnancy and doctor's certs when having a day off work. I haven't been back to the dr since Daniel's six week check up - that was a while ago.
From having been pg I know that there are "regulars" at the doctor's surgery who always seem to be able to get an appointment and have waiting rooms down on their resume's as a place to hang out - Professional doctor visitors.
Today I rang again and the receptionist asked me - "what do you want to see the doctor for?" WHATT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????? What business is it of yours???? I want to see a doctor as is my right to do. I reluctantly described the rash AGAIN and the receptionist said "I'll put you through to a nurse" to which I responded "so, there aren't any appointments available today?" - "I'll put you through to the nurse."
I explained to the nurse the problem and that I would really like a doctor to have a look as I would like the problem to be fixed. She just did not seem to care that Daniel was 10 months old and said that if I gave her my phone number she'd call me if there were any cancellations during the day. By this time I saw red and I'm pretty sure I told her to go "sit on it" :angry:- then I hung up. Pretty rude on my part, but I know there are 6 doctors at the surgery and they couldn't fit me in for a 15 minute appointment?? I am so sick of persisting. I just burst in to tears out of pure frustration and came in here and tried to read posts. I couldn't even do that. I just picked up Daniel and went to Big W and bought a bean bag complete with 10 billion beans (WTF???? I'm not sure what's therapeutic about a bean bag and I didn't even really need one).
I am sure that I am not the only person this happens to. What a shocking state of affairs our health system is in.
Thanks, I've had my vent. Anyone else experience similar things? I would have though babies were primary in the great scheme of things. Apparently not.