'The Font' goes to the local hospital for a scan. Imagine our surprise when we're turned away by the receptionist because we haven't brought the imaging solution with us. In France you're expected to go to the pharmacist, order it, and then bring it with you. This is an aspect of the French system we didn't understand. A new appointment is arranged for next week.
It's gone ten by the time we're back. Sophie gets a long walk to the Holy Well. Since we last went this way the grass has grown along the track that leads us there. This proves to be difficult for my shaggy companion but she battles on valiantly.
The croissant, when it comes, is as bad as it was earlier in the week. Looks the part, nicely served, but the dough is hard and the crust even harder. 5.5/10. Sophie gives it an 11/10.
Back home. The Old Farmer wanders across the lane. His hip has played up on his trip in the venerable Ford Transit motorhome. A surgeon in Marseille has told him he needs a second operation to stop his foot turning inwards. I ask him what his lady friend thinks. '' I haven't told her yet ". Angus wishes him 'bon courage' although I'm not sure having a general anaesthetic when you're 86 is a good idea. Doubtless The Old Farmers lady friend will do the worrying for him.
Things I've enjoyed reading :
Why did I never think of this ?
This was rather thought provoking :
And this, although written for trauma surgeons, is really good news - if true :
And a great testament to Fauci's character : https://twitter.com/LukeMessac
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Did you get a prescription for the imaging solution?
Double check, but you might have to show up 30 minutes early to the appointment (why they don't just say the appointment is earlier, I don't know).
For vaccines, the system is also complicated--get a prescription from the doctor (entails a visit); get the shot from the pharmacy, but only when you have another appointment with your doctor or a nurse to administer the vaccine, since they must be kept cold. Sometimes the pharmacy will administer the shot, but I didn't find one that would do it last fall for the flu shot. So it was a three-step process: doctor, pharmacy, doctor. Surely some efficiencies could be gained in time and money by simplifying the system.
Thank you. It's a complicated system and one we're not used to.
So glad to hear from you. Hope all is well.
Hope all goes well next time round. It is very French not to volunteer information. There are times one has to know what questions to ask in order to discover what the process is. Frustrating!
How very irritating about the imaging solution. Taste of France's reply is illuminating! Meanwhile, best wishes to the Font - does the swimminess continue?
How could you ever have anticipated you would need to bring your own imaging solution? I was sorry to hear that the Old Farmer's hip problems continue and may have interfered with his enjoyment of the trip to Marseille. I found the idea of a selfie mask pretty creepy, but I did enjoy the Dr. Fauci link. There is a terrific interview of him and his wife (a bioethicist) in this month's issue of InStyle. I feel I have a lot to learn from both the Old Farmer and Dr. Fauci about preserving one's joie de vivre while growing older.
Our department sends out oral prep to patients in the mail, it comes in small sachets and is easily posted. It seems inefficient to make you have to pick up your own. IV contrast is stored in our department and we would never rely on patients to pick that up, it maintain consistency and safety. We hope that this delay does not affect the Font, and hope that the scan goes safely.
Gosh it sounds complicated for vaccines. Here all GPS and pharmacies are one stop shops for flu vaccines, you can just pop in and get one.
The masks are in one way awesome and yet slightly creepy.
Julie
Hari OM
Crikey; you'd have thought that a comment at time of making the first appointment would have mitigated the need to reset it due to lack of a certain substance!
Interesting reading; that research one I would place in the speculative basket, no matter the scientific credentials, because if there is one thing we have learned with COVID it is that nothing is at is seems... YAM xx
So sorry to hear Font's scan has been postponed for a week. The Oxford article has sparked a strong reaction in the epidemiology/medical commmunity on Twitter - interesting thoughts via this link Carl Bergstrom linking @diseaseecology assessment thread, subsequent comments worth reading. https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1284055962437824512
Who would have thought they needed to provide the solution?!?!? Love the French and their uniques ways (said as an English Canadian living in Quebec!)
One of those details it is assumed everyone knows.
Oh my goodness, who would have thought you needed to provide the imaging solution? I hope The Font continues to heal well.
Have thought about the masks - I think I would want one that is the top half of my face but upside down. That would confuse people! By the way I really enjoy all the different (and odd) things you find and so do many people that know me. Please keep it up!
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