Psychotomy

Had a Dermatologist appt this morning. End result — you have dry skin, it’s common this time of year and you scratch and it gets worse. Have some steroid cream (actually I think she prescribed ointment which I am going to HATE) for two weeks, come back then.

That was the short version.

Long version?

Arrived 9:50 for my 10:00 so I could fill out papers/etc like they asked. Turns out that was the same papers they mailed me, so I’d already done that part. That’s fine.

Wait in the waiting area until 10:20, they call me back to the exam rooms. They tell me to take off my pants and put on this crappy paper hospital gown thing. But I’ve been to these dances enough by now for other things. I had my PJs on under my pants. And that’s a pair of shorts. So I just took off my pants and waited in my shorts.

And waited.

And waited.

At 10:45 I texted Kiir to tell her I was still waiting, so she’d know.

At 10:50 the assistant opened the door briefly to say that they were backed up thank you for waiting it’ll just be a moment …

at 11:05 I was getting ready to call Kiir to tell her I didn’t think I was making it home in time to drive her to her 11:45 appt. With the snow and all, I needed to leave by 11:15 to get home and get back to her doc’s in time. But then the Dermatologist came in. She seemed nice enough.

For the three minutes I saw her! She came in, started diagnosing when she saw my legs from the door, looked a little closer with the light and gloves, decided she was right the first time, prescribed, warned me against using hte steroids for more than two weeks, and left.

By 11:10 I was back in my car …

an hour and a half I spent for a 3 minute appointment???? W T F???

*sigh* at least she didn’t say it was The Diabetes ™ :o

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