Update on progress!

I saw my surgeon today. What an adventure! You can never be bored when there are people waiting a long time. They all get so angry!

X-Ray:
So I first had to stop by X-ray before I saw the surgeon. There was an hour wait here. People were getting very impatient. There was this one patient that was standing right next to the door where they called people in. Every time someone came up to call a patient, he explained to them (not very nicely) that he was waiting a long time and this was "ridiculous"! One employee looked through the stack of papers and said he was 4th in line. You would think this would calm him down and he would sit down in the waiting area like everyone else. No. He preceded to keep asking over and over when he was going to be called. He thought that this was so absurd that he was not next. He should be able to go in now! Why should he wait? Not even thinking about the other 20-30 people in the waiting room, also waiting. It got to the point where he didn't believe any of the employees anymore that he was going to be called soon. He started looking at the papers while the employees back was turned! Finally, thank god, he was called. The woman didn't even need to call his name because he decided he could read it off the paper himself and told her that was him. Thanks for the privacy. I was actually surprised that the employees didn't make him sit down in the waiting area. He was getting in the way and stressing the employees out. However, this was mild compared to the next waiting area...

Orthopaedic Waiting Area:

Crazy #1:
So we were told as SOON as we walked in the door and started to sign-in that the surgeons were running an hour behind. We totally understood knowing that this happens sometimes. Sometimes there are emergency surgeries or just get behind. However, not everyone understood this. The first obnoxious patient was this really big woman that would not let me through with my wheelchair and then decided it would be a good idea to walk right in front of me while I was moving. I almost hit her, I wish I did. She was complaining (very loudly so everyone could hear) that SHE NEEDED TO SEE THE SURGEON NOT HIS TEAM! I guess she decided that she would walk-in and get an appointment right away. However, this surgeon was booked for over two weeks out! She said fine and was about to go sit down. As she sat there she decided that this was not a good idea. Her other doctor wanted her to see the surgeon! Not his team, not his team!! This was a horrible idea in her mind and she voiced it! Then the receptionist was nice enough to get her an appointment in two weeks with the surgeon. Oh but the complaining didn't stop there. She was going to make her an appointment for July 3rd! "That's a day before the holiday! Is that such a good idea? I mean that's the day before July 4th don't you understand that?" But she ended up making the appointment. Who knows how she will be on that day! Oh and she DEMANDED her $5 back!

Crazy #2:
This woman had been sitting in the waiting area when we got in. She was complaining to the person next to her that she had been waiting there since 10am. It was now 11:30a. She rounded to noon and decided she was waiting for 2 hours! She, also couldn't believe that she had been waiting this long! She was going to miss her bus, she said. What really got me aggravated was when she said that she was waiting so long and she was so pissed off that the workers were going to go on lunch! How dare they take a break out of there stressful jobs dealing with bitches like you to eat a lunch! I mean, they better not even go to the bathroom, Right?! The thing was I didn't notice ANYONE go on lunch. They were all working really really hard! My surgeon had been working all morning and said he still had a long night. What an inconsiderate ass hole! (Excuse my french).

Crazy #3:
This woman really reminded me of crazy X-ray guy. She also did not sit down in the waiting area. She stood right by the door. She first was just standing, staring at the door huffing and puffing making everyone know that she was stressed. (She was really big also and it seemed like she was making herself tired by standing). But she insisted on standing right by the door. She then got too impatient and started telling every employee that opened the door that someone else told her she was next (we were there the entire time, no one told her she was next except herself!). The employees she was complaining about did not even work for her surgeon. They tried to explain this to her but she could not understand. This one really nice nurse told her that he would check. She decided that this wasn't good enough and she just walked in back on her own!!! Who knows what happened to her because I got called not long after and she wasn't in any of the rooms. She was a crazy one!


So the moral of the story is...when you are waiting for a long time, just realize all the other people that are waiting too. You are not the center of the world and you can't magically get called next, it's not a restaurant! They can't just put you at the top of the list! Be considerate of how hard they are working and the crazy, bitchy people they deal with all day long!



However, the surgeon said my X-ray looked great and I'm healing nicely!! YAAAAYYYY!!!!! I start pool therapy first week of July, see him again last week of July, and most likely will start weight bearing first week of August! WHOOHOO!!! What a summer this will be!