As you can imagine I was quite excited to call and set up my nerve block today.

That was short lived.

The woman that I spoke with INSISTED I must come in and see Dr. Amin before they would allow me to schedule my nerve block. Why? To waste time and money I suppose. Previously the doctor told me I did NOT need to come in unless things changed. I, of course, let the woman in scheduling know this (and it should be clear from my chart that I have been seen for ONLY nerve blocks in the last couple years, no office visits) so what does she do? Put me on hold until the phone system finally hung up on me. So I called back only to go through the same conversation and be put on hold for another 15 minutes. When my call was finally picked up again it was clear she hadn’t checked on it at all. I MUST see the doctor. When can they see me? Not until 1pm on the 22nd. Only AFTER that will I be allowed to schedule my nerve block.

I got off the phone and cried to both my mommy and Julien. Both felt bad they can’t help and gave the same advice, “be strong.” I’ve no other choice. This is all so frustrating I can’t even express. Cryoprobes are usually scheduled a few weeks out, and to have to add another week of the kind of pain I’ve been in on to that?

:(

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