lady_jax_raven: So the fact that I had managed to get an appointment actually scheduled with a fucking doctor at the clinic apparently doesn't matter.

lady_jax_raven: Because I have a contract on the amount of VICODIN I take with my normal doctor...

Daemon-Sha: ...

lady_jax_raven: ...no other doctor at the clinic will write a scrip or authorize refills for ANYTHING.

Daemon-Sha: How does that work?

lady_jax_raven: Damned if I know.

lady_jax_raven: I'm back on the phone, asking a question I didn't think to ask five minutes ago.

lady_jax_raven: I'm still fucking going out there this afternoon as soon as my mother picks me up.

lady_jax_raven: I am NOT going to go down to the coast for a fucking week without any medication.

Daemon-Sha: *NOD*

lady_jax_raven: This is so insane.

lady_jax_raven: The bitch who answered the phone a while ago suggested I call the pharmacy and ask them to request a refill... I asked her how long that process would take.

lady_jax_raven: She said 'oh, three to fi ve days'.

Daemon-Sha: ...

lady_jax_raven: This was after I had repeatedly said that I AM LEAVING TOWN IN LESS THAN FIVE HOURS.

lady_jax_raven: There are five different people at the clinic that I've talked to so far and each one is telling me different shit...

lady_jax_raven: I am going to go over there for the appointment one of them had the sense to schedule, praying my mom isn't late - if she's late I'm screwed - and talk to the doctor directly.

lady_jax_raven: Hah!

lady_jax_raven: Hah and hah and HAH!

lady_jax_raven: And people say I never finish anything.

lady_jax_raven: *just got off the ;

Daemon-Sha: *nuzzles You worriedly*

lady_jax_raven: *bites the enter key*

lady_jax_raven: ...got off the phone with yet another person who is able to refill the half-working medication if the second, higher-ranking doctor they try can't issue me the one that works WELL,, plus the appointment is still scheduled so I'll be able to come in and hash it out in person if there's any more confusion.

lady_jax_raven: *blinks* Two days and something like 16 phone calls.

lady_jax_raven: I hate hate HATE dealing with this.

lady_jax_raven: But at least I'm getting better at it.

Daemon-Sha: this is why people hate doctors...

lady_jax_raven: A year ago I'd be screwed.

lady_jax_raven: No, see, the DOCTORS aren't really the problem.

lady_jax_raven: It's a combination of playing 'telephone' with the information passed through six different people before it gets to the doctor, the screwed-up laws regarding what doctors can and can't do, and the fact that OHP sucks donkey balls in general.

lady_jax_raven: The doctors are usually doing the best they can.

lady_jax_raven: Hell, I adore my doctor - I bitch occasionally but she is really kickass - she's the first one who has found things that helped me enough that I could cut back on the painkillers, get a good night's sleep, etc.

lady_jax_raven: GODDAMMIT!

lady_jax_raven: Remind me not to be smug.

Daemon-Sha: ....

lady_jax_raven: I just got ANOTHER call, from ANOTHER person, who said that no, never mind, they couldn't do a damn thing and my appointment was cancelled.

lady_jax_raven: What. The. Fuck.

Daemon-Sha: WHAT?

Daemon-Sha: Why would they cancel your appointment?

lady_jax_raven: Because 'it wouldn't do me any good to come in anyway'.

lady_jax_raven: This makes what, six people so far?

Daemon-Sha: Tell her bullshit

Daemon-Sha: ***-**** right?

lady_jax_raven: *nods* I'm not going.

lady_jax_raven: Another call.

Daemon-Sha: Not going?

lady_jax_raven: Head of the clinic - of, in fact, all of the Virginia Garcia clinics.

Daemon-Sha: Says you can't get meds?

lady_jax_raven: Apparently, if I leave town without my medication, going into a stressful situation and/or away from medical support, I have to sign papers saying I do so willingly and that I understand it's likely to cause health problems and I can't sue them...

lady_jax_raven: ...and that I can't get refills, or new medication, or anything, until I talk to my doctor.

lady_jax_raven: Who won't be in until tomorrow.

Daemon-Sha: ....

lady_jax_raven: Basically, if I stay, I'm screwed because I won't be able to help my parents (and get paid for it) or get my dental appointment.

lady_jax_raven: If I go I'm screwed because I'll be having mental/emotional breakdowns and seizures at least once, likely two or three times, and I'll be over an hour away from the nearest hospital.

lady_jax_raven: Seven people, and counting.

lady_jax_raven: If anyone else calls I'm going to throw the phone through a window.