Better than expected….. before

OK, went to hospital this morning, appointment was at 12.30pm but transport picked me up at 11am, so of course I wasn’t ready. I can’t think why I am always late… why is that??? Got to the hospital, and got dumped in the discharge lounge for almost 30 minutes as there weren’t any porters. I kepy hoping Jenny would walk past and rescue me, but she didn’t. Nil by mouth since about 9.30 so by now I am feeling hungry and dry in the mouth. Wondering if I can get away with swilling water round my mouth but thought I might be tempted to swallow it so don’t bother.
Get up to the day surgery ward and wait to be called. Still pretty early. Nurse fills in some forms, checks I know why I am there (??? Doh!) and puts green bracelets on my wrist and ankle. 12.37pm and jenny hasn’t arrived so I ring her mobile, it rings just outside the waiting room as she wanders in, heavily laden with a large bag and an even larger coat. It shows tha she has shrunk in size since she bought it. I comment on this as she offers to swap he bright red duffle coat for my pink one. Ordinarily I might have told her I’d just take the red one but then think better of my suggestion as the red coat is HUGE and I don’t want to grow into it. We chatted and over the course of the next couple of hourse we spread ourselves over the corner of the room but it was comforting to have her there even if nothing ‘medical’ was going on.
I get called in to see the Doc, and this normally bright and jolly man, with his placid air has been replaced by a grumpy and cantankerous old goat who didn’t seem to give me the time of day, never mind answer my questions. By the time I left the room, he had snapped at a nurse, made her feel about ‘that’ tall, and moaned about her to me after she left the room sheepishly and very apologetically, causing me to lose confidence in his ability to stick needles into my back when he was in such a foul mood. I told Jenny that his manner had done nothing to fill me with confidence but her presence somehow made me feel calm.
Niles arrived about 2.30pm and I still hadn’t gone in, the waiting was getting to me a bit and I think I must have been ranting anxiously in the waiting room until I was finally called in at just after 3pm, then they couldn’t find a low trolley and there was much faffing about that. Finally got undr way at about 3.30pm after having seen Jenny off home. I was so glad she had been with me.

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