Top Ten Tuesdays

As you can read, my second job is making phone calls. I spend an inordinate amount of time on the phone. It would be totally great if I spent this time reminiscing about the good ol’ days with a friend, but no, they are phone calls to complete strangers, and it always seems as though I am trying to fix something that someone else screwed up.

I swear, sometimes I feel like I’m surrounded by idiots! And, no, I’m not in a room full of mirrors J

Top Ten Phone Calls I Have to Make (some are repeats for sure):

1. Call my daughter’s Cardiologist’s office to find out results of 24 hour Holter monitor and the outcome of the doctor’s conference with 25+ other cardiologist’s/specialists at the Children’s Hospital regarding my daughter’s case. Never mind that I received this message to call the office when we returned home from a week-long vacation, which we informed the doctor and her nurse of, AND gave my husband’s cell number to call (specifically telling them to call that number) because we would not be home. Again, room full of idiots…I can only suspect/hope that it was nothing serious otherwise (a normal person) would’ve checked the numerous papers we filled out while in-office for the several other phone numbers that we could be reached at.

2. Call pediatrician’s office to have them credit my $50 they charged me as “After Hours Visit” even though there is nothing in writing that states there is an extra charge for anything, let alone a Saturday appointment. This one’s been going on for weeks…

3. Call homeowner’s insurance company to find out if my mortgage company paid the insurance payment, if not, we currently have no homeowner’s and hurricane season is right around the corner. Not good, not good at all.

4. Call my GP to schedule an appointment to get my medication renewed. No, no one (except the pharmacist) told me that this particular medication has to be renewed every six months, not to mention that the doctor ought to know this. Really great when I’m running out of medication and going on vacation thinking (rather stupidly I guess) that I could just call the pharmacist to renew only to have them tell me they can’t renew it and that I need a new script from my doctor. Of course I call the dreaded doctor’s office to see if he will call in my prescription to which the office girl responds with her ever-favorite statement, “Sorry, he can’t do that, you’ll have to make an appointment.” UGH!! No time for an appointment as I was leaving on vacation that same week and had other appointments with various doctors for my daughter…UGH, I so want off this ride! Needless to say, I am grateful that they renewed the script for a month to give me time to schedule an appointment. Although still rather peeved that no one can seem to get their shit straight. Even though I call anyone/everyone that is involved to make sure I have all my i’s dotted and my t’s crossed, I have realized (many moons ago) that nothing, NOTHING is ever easy.

5. Make appointment with lab for Big Handsome and my bloodwork. YAY…

6. Call Big Handsome’s eye doctor to make an appointment because the contact company won’t renew his prescription until he sees the doctor (he’s been seeing the same doctor for 30+ years). Never mind that we were all just in rather recently for an eye exam and no one bothered to check my husband’s eyes for contact purposes. Really??? He’s been wearing them for 30+ years. Oh yeah, I called the eye doctor’s office a few weeks ago to ask them to fax over Big Handsome’s contact prescription and they told me he has to come in for an appointment. Story of my freakin’ life!! Why can’t anyone get their crap together and do all the necessary stuff while we are in the office??? It’s just so damn confounding.

7. Call Big Handsome’s dentist to confirm his appointment. Just hoping that it doesn’t conflict with all the other appointments we have and/or have to make.

8. Call medical insurance company for a bill we received for my son’s annual blood work. We shouldn’t receive a bill because all the blood work was routine as per his “free” annual physical. Now I have to call the insurance so that they can call the doctor’s billing department to explain to them how to code things properly.

9. Make my list of phone calls for next week as I’ll probably have to call all the above people yet again to make sure they are doing what they need to do. Will this ever end!?!?

10. Possibly call Big Handsome to tell him to come home from work early because I very well might be having a nervous breakdown.