But I Smile Anyway…

If you are in the UK, you will totally identify with the little cartoon below.  It appears that when you are unwell, it is almost impossible to get an appointment straight away. Usually, the next available pre-bookable one will be three weeks from now… no good if you are literally ‘dying’ right now!  The other option in many surgeries is to ring in the morning for an appointment.  That is not always convenient either, or there is such a glut of people calling for the same reason, that when you do get through, they are already fully booked!

Image from Google

The other thing you can do is go to a walk-in centre, where you are usually guaranteed to be seen though you may have to wait 3-4 hours in a room with other coughing, sniffling beings, and you might even leave iller than you were before you arrived, due to cross contamination!

I was in this situation today, having suffered from a few ailments recently, I thought I had better go and visit my dear GP, during the holidays, to save having any time off from school. Dreading the phone call, I came off it, inspired to write a little ditty!

Appointments for Current Ailments

A time that I was dreading
Had come, and I was made
To make that darned phonecall
To the doctors, be afraid!

So I dialled the number and waited
Normally greeted by engaged tone
Imagine my shocked face when
Someone actually answered the phone!

Usually, you need to plan
The time when you are ill
To get seen when sickness strikes
The chances oft, are nil

Some ‘umming’ and ‘aahing’ followed
And then to my surprise
An appointment was confirmed
Tomorrow, pm at 5!

Ritu 2016