--- Rayna LMy parents (especially my Dad) don't
like anybody to be dependent on ANY med(s).





amb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Arrrggg!!!!  Don't get me started!  I
> desperately need to see a physio
> because of my fall, and I have two choices
> through the public health
> system.  1 My GP refers me to local hospital
> where I wait up to a
> month to get to see a medical registrar, who
> refers me to the physio
> dept. in the same hospital, which can take
> another month, by which
> time I am in screeching agony, because I don't
> like to take too many
> painkillers/muscle relaxants (don't like being
> dependent on
> ANYTHING!!!), orrrrr, option 2, trot myself
> into the causualty
> dept. of aforementioned hospital (underfunded,
> understaffed, and
> overfull) with a letter from my doc wait
> several hours in there either
> on uncomfortable waiting room chairs in lots of
> pain, or on a hospital
> guerney that is too short (designed, I am told,
> for people who are 5
> foot 8 inches - I am 5"10', and we all know how
> uncomfortable those
> things are), for some doc to examine me and
> refer me to physio for the
> next couple of weeks.  I HATE ER depts, and
> don't want to spend all
> day in one.......  Anyway that is my winge for
> the day.  I do not like
> being in this much pain, it turns me into a
> complaining cow.  Sorry,
> everyone.
>
> Rayna
>
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 11:55:02AM -0500, Bobby
> G. Greer, Ph. D. wrote:
>   Wait..we have those
>     now... they are called internists.
>
>     Bobby


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