The next decade....what's in store?

I'm in debt

Hmmmm, can't go back to UWI for any more treatment until I clear my debt.

$18 whole Jamaican dollars (US$1 = J$60). Can you imagine?

But I was so pleased when I asked the fella at the cashier desk if $582 would do, he quickly said yes. That's empowerment for you. No need to check with his supervisor to see if he could allow me to be seen with out paying the full amount.

Well I guess I should tell you how the day transpired huh.

After a leisurely morning which involved parting a fight with Penny and Kali (one of them must be in heat) with water, I dressed and went up to the University Hospital of the West Indies. (So it's really not UWI, it's UHWI.)

First there was Nurse McLaughlin, quite pleasant, who chuckled when I told her I had taken 4 aspirins. Chuckled with surprise I mean. Then she explained why she reacted like that. She said that aspirins will thin the blood and that can be great if you are having a heart attack, however, if you don't know you have a bleeding disorder and you take aspirins, then you could bleed to death.

I was given a priority 3 slip. When Alvin had to come and get his cut finger looked after, he must have got a priority 10! (They actually stop at priority 4). He waited 6 hours, if you remember me blogging that.

Well, I was in a hurry, so was hoping for the best. It worked! Positive thinking. Within about 15 minutes after paying, I was called into the inner section to wait to go into the consulting room. Within 10 minutes I was called into the consulting room. Then I was sent to pay for an EKG, then went to the do the EKG, took the results back to the doctor, and I was outa there in a flash. I think everything took about 1 hour 45 minutes or thereabouts.

Dr Smith who saw me, look like him JUST finish medical school. He did a thing with his face, and I asked him what was the matter (I always make conversation), he said he was having a hard time getting used to his retainers. He had apparently just taken off the braces.

He was very assuring.....I was not deading. No sah. Well not today at least.

So I'm in debt to UHWI first for not keeping me too long (I said to Dr Smith that it looks like Thursdays are a good day to get sick!), and to the tune of $18. I better not get sick again.

Oh, the EKG was normal. I got the miracle drug Cataflam, to treat a muscular condition. Let's see how that works.

Posted by yamfoot at September 30, 2004 09:07 PM