Slow day

Today I got a call from the hospital. There were a few problems with this. First, as I said yesterday I am not having the surgery on the 10th anymore. Another problem was that they said I was schedule for a lumbar fusion. now I am not a medical professional but my understanding is that a lumbar fusion is not a disc replacement. So I called Mrs. C, and asked about it. Well I asked her voice mail because God forgive I actually get to speak to her. Latter on in the day I get a cal from Mrs. C. She wants to know the name of the person who called. I tell her "Umm... B" (short) and say, " I also was wondering why they said lumbar fusion aren't I supposed to have a disc replacement?" I felt like this was a pretty normal thing to ask but Mrs. C was a be-otch anyway. She says" I just called because I wanted to know the name of the person who called and maybe the number." Hmmm....really does that sound like an answer to my question? It didn't to me. Sooo again I say, " Her name is B, and am I having a lumber fusion or a disc replacement?" She says, "The terminology we use is for your procedure is a lateral lumbar disc fusion, because we replace the disc and then we "fuse" it together." Now that would have been a much better answer then the one she gave and I wouldn't be all pissed off. Then she said "she just wants to call this person because she has been trying to call for a while and the person is getting on her last nerve ending" So I said "Yeah that would get on my last nerve ending too." Which is code for you are on my last nerve ending. Of course she doesn't know this.

It is also worth mentioning that I called Mrs. C yesterday and (left a message of course) saying blah blah no hard feelings sorry for the mis-communication and blah blah blah. It was my attempt at making amends. DO you think she said thank you, or even I got your message, or maybe blah blah blah me too. No she didn't. I will just consider that another reason I am less then impressed with Mrs. C.