Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Coming soon..

Ack...1 hour stress. I was enjoying my meal with pinaasakan tilapia (which Dad caught from the fish pond) when I received a call. It was the nurse which normally accompanies Doc Devi when I go for my Ortho treatment. She wondered why I was I wasn't around the clinic. Ah? I made a dash towards the study room to get my appointment card. After making sure that I was in the right, that I was only supposed to go for the treatment on the 24th, I told her.
She said " salah tu, ni hari tu."
Me : " alamak, macam mana la tu? Tidak ditulis di sini kad?"
Nurse : " Sempat ka pigi sini sebelum kul 4.30? Dorang balik awal ni sebab bulan puasa kan?"
Me : "ba sia cuba la."

It was 3.30pm. I finished up my meal and 10 mins later was already in the car. Drove all the way from Sierra to Luyang in less than 20 mins. If my car was any more powerful, I'd've been there earlier. Skaaali...I came to the wrong place. I was supposed to go to Queen's...and it's at the new wing of the hospital! Again, made a dash towards the car which was parked in the Luyang Clinic compound. Lucky me got parking. Unlucky me, went to the wrong clinic.
So, drove to Queen's. I was worried about the jam. It was already 4.05pm. I wasn't about to just give up! I can't afford to have a delay in my treatment/appointment.
Vroom Vroom and what the hey? was there at Queens 11 mins later. Didn't bother to go find parking at the parking bay and just rested my Wira near the curb, just beside the new building. It was just an inlet before the overhead pedestrian crossing. Went out the car and ran up the stairs, asked for a quick reference from one of the nurses at the nearest counter where the new dental specialist area was and continued my running.
Huff Puff... huh...they were waiting for me. At 4.25pm my name was called. As usual, I had around 3 0r 4 docs attending. Kiri kanan semua tengok at my mouth everytime I was asked to open and show my gnashers. Joint-Clinic...ginila. I've gotten used to it by now. Always feel like a specimen of sorts when I go for Joint-Clinic with the specialists. Doc Devi was there. Two other dentists were there. The Pakar Bedah Mulut was Doc Normah, a very friendly and hip doc. The last time I saw her, she was sporting this funky colored spectacles and I told her so. Haha..
So, the result? Tentatively my surgery is set on the 14th Nov. Hopefully the hospital doesn't have other ad hoc operations to perform that might push the date further back.
4.45pm I was on my way back to my illegally parked car. Lucky me again there was no police traffic on the prowl. Thus ended my 1 hour or so race (stress).
Tomorrow I'll be going for my usual dental treatment at Luyang. Maybe I'll choose brown or purple o-rings for this time around.

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