Julia picked up my methotrexate earlier in the week. It’s for my arthritis and acts by supressing my immune system, which is what is causing the problem. Well, that, my weight and 45 years of manual labour. There was a note on the form that came with the pills, saying that I was behind with my blood tests and they would not dispense more until I was up to date. They worry about it destroying my liver. There is no such thing as a simple drug, they all come with side effects.
Anyway, last time I had a note like that it took weeks to sort out and then a month or more to return my fingers to a reasonable condition after missing the medication. I don’t want that again.
I’m not sure if I covered this in the blog before, but over the last three months I have been arguing about it with the pharmacy and wrangling with the GP surgery to have the inaccurate note removed. I was up to date when it first appeared on the form and have remained up to date – even having two goes at the last one when the laboratory had to retest due to “technical reasons”. I’m not sure what the “technical reasons” were, but it makes a good excuse.
I have just written an email to the surgery asking for the record to be corrected, citing my previous email on the subject (because I have now started filing all my dealings with them) and asking that they reply to confirm they have made the necessary correction.
I am now taking things more seriously, being fed up with shoddy record keeping and the rest of the things that are happening (appointments disappearing from the system, prescriptions sent to the wrong place etc).It is time to sort things out.
Meanwhile, as our Glorious Leader launches “Plan B” to divert attention from the Christmas party scandal, we have a strange situation. We can’t hold Numismatic Society meetings (twenty middle-aged men meeting to talk about coins), due to “Plan B restrictions”. Boris didn’t mention this, but that’s what the owner of the meeting room says. However, under Plan B, football matches, bars, clubs and restaurants are all still allowed to operate.
Of course, if I’d been in charge it wouldn’t have been Plan B, as Plan B lacks gravitas, being the name of a rapper and reminding me of Bela Lugosi’s last film. Even without that, there are just too many words that begin with B that could be used in a disrespectful fashion.
However, that may just be me.
I hope you get your prescription sorted out. There is enough rubbish in life without this!
And of course your post mentioned some of the rubbish. Sorry your meeting was cancelled.
The trick is to smile and carry on, but failing that, have a good moan. 🙂
You have my complete sympathy in your dealings with medical bureaucracy. Banging your head against a brick wall is never fun.
Could always be worse, I keep telling myself . . . 🙂
Cold comfort.
🙂
Man, you do have the stuff happening. Records being wrong is scary. Go for it and make them figure out the problem and fix it.
Yes, it is a worry, even for me, and I don’t often let this stuff get to me. 🙂
There is much to be crotchety about these days. About all what one can do is find the good where one can, and enjoy that. Of the not good category, we are left with attempting to fix what can reasonably be fixed, and enduring the rest. The enduring part can be the hardest. All is temporary.
es, it will all pass . . .
You have every right to be crochety. Take care.
Thank you. 🙂
Bugger it
Exactly!
Note re numismatic stuff. My brother found an old Australian sixpence in with a handful of 5c coins. He checked it out and it was dated for when I was born. 1943. He just posted it to me. Lucky I reckon. I don’t imagine it’s worth much but it does have sentimental value.
We used to have a customer who would only collect worn coins because he liked to reflect on how many times they had changed hands. There’s more to coins than just the money, as you have just shown. The chance of finding a 6d must be small, but dated 1943, even smaller. I just learnt something when I looked it up. Here’s the link.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5321.html
Thank you for the link. It’s very interesting
No problem, it’s nice to think that these things can still be discovered now and then.
Thank you very much for the link it was very interesting
Thank you for the link. I am not very familiar with numismatical magic etc but it does have its moments of fascination.
🙂
You might also enjoy this little piece of fun. out of date but still…https://www.tiffenandco.com/royal-australian-mint-launches-treasure-hunt/
That’s an interesting competition, and a great prize! Thanks for the link.
Yup. You pretty much summed it up.
🙂 Tomorrow I will try to be less crochety.