Today was a bit unnerving day for me. I went to office and then I realised that I had got to submit a medical certificate from the doctor to avail of medical leave for 4 days. First in the afternoon after lunchtime I went to doctor A's clinic. She had closed for the day but was still in the clinic so I just popped in to ask her if she would give me the certificate. She refused saying that as I had not taken treatment from her and she kept all records she could not give me the certificate. I was disappointed but left saying Ok.In the office too I kept on mulling on where could I get the certificate from? The whole afternoon was pretty wasted as I tried to read some technical papers for the article I was hoping to write. From beyond the partition I could hear the 2 colleagues talking and chatting away through the afternoon having a technical discussion(?) with others. There were no calls on my phone!
Most times it goes on like this only unless when I have a new project and then it is interesting and absorbing! Anyway then I came by Dr G's clinic while coming back from office and found she was on leave till 3rd (Sat) & I wanted to submit the certificate on Monday. I decided to visit Dr S. So after having tea I set off again for her clinic. I inquired for Dr D's on the way but he too was out till Feb! At Dr S's I was the twelfth patient when I came in and she was only on her 2nd at that point. So I sat down on the narrow bench outside her clinic and began the long wait. Everything seems to take extra time when you are waiting and that too something as distasteful as outside a doctor's clinic. There were six or seven patients besides me in the clinic while some others had cleverly entered their names on the receptionist's (if I can call her that as she was a chit of a girl not more than 17yrs of age) sheet of white paper. The agonising wait became even more painful when the patient did not materialise even after ten, fifteen and then forty minutes. An elderly lady had gone in accompanied by her son and fat daughterinlaw probably and the three of them just wouldn't come out even after three quarters of an hour. Us patients outside started giving each other nervous and shifty looks and muttering under our breaths. I tried to shcool myself to the stretch by thinking that she must be ill, and it would probably be only five minutes more. Sometime I just felt like walking off! After nearly fifty minutes they came out! In the meantime ten other patients had materialised, all looking sick and anxious. One lady looked in obvious pain - she had a stomach ache and kept making pained faces and pressing her lips together ever so often. After the trio the girl had assured me that after two more patients it would be my turn at last! In the meanwhile a young spectacled man came and started convincing the girl that he wanted a health certificate and so should be let in out of the queue. First the girl let him in and he came out a few moments later and asked the girl for some directions. Later he came with a form in his hand and asked to be let in to the doctor's chamber again to get it filled. This time the doctor herself told the guy to come in queue and when the guy asked the girl to write his name she told him that he would now be last as he had not enrolled his name earlier. I was relieved by this and mentally congratulated myself for not having tried to evade the queue by using the ploy of health certificate. I was feeling guilty too of being well while sick ones were around me. I was let into the chamber at last. The doctor smiled and took my name. She then asked to see the lady with the stomach ache before me and I was relieved that she did. When my turn came I related my symptom of loose motions . She checked my pressure and it came as 90/140. I was shocked as I had never had a pressure of 70/120 and always had low pressure. She checked it twice more on the electronic dial and it too came as 85/135. She prescribed some antibiotics and when I asked for medical certificate she gave it a bit puzzled that I had attended office that day on a upset stomach. I guess she must have caught on! But I was seriously upset! A high pressure which I had never believed possible. I immediately had depressing thoughts of dying and death and spent at least one hour in agony trying to think of the fate of my family after me ! After watching Big Boss - no halfway through I decided to go for a walk and so S and I did. Decided to eat healthy and exercise this new year. Enjoy as much as possible one never knows what horrors lurk around the next corner.
Most times it goes on like this only unless when I have a new project and then it is interesting and absorbing! Anyway then I came by Dr G's clinic while coming back from office and found she was on leave till 3rd (Sat) & I wanted to submit the certificate on Monday. I decided to visit Dr S. So after having tea I set off again for her clinic. I inquired for Dr D's on the way but he too was out till Feb! At Dr S's I was the twelfth patient when I came in and she was only on her 2nd at that point. So I sat down on the narrow bench outside her clinic and began the long wait. Everything seems to take extra time when you are waiting and that too something as distasteful as outside a doctor's clinic. There were six or seven patients besides me in the clinic while some others had cleverly entered their names on the receptionist's (if I can call her that as she was a chit of a girl not more than 17yrs of age) sheet of white paper. The agonising wait became even more painful when the patient did not materialise even after ten, fifteen and then forty minutes. An elderly lady had gone in accompanied by her son and fat daughterinlaw probably and the three of them just wouldn't come out even after three quarters of an hour. Us patients outside started giving each other nervous and shifty looks and muttering under our breaths. I tried to shcool myself to the stretch by thinking that she must be ill, and it would probably be only five minutes more. Sometime I just felt like walking off! After nearly fifty minutes they came out! In the meantime ten other patients had materialised, all looking sick and anxious. One lady looked in obvious pain - she had a stomach ache and kept making pained faces and pressing her lips together ever so often. After the trio the girl had assured me that after two more patients it would be my turn at last! In the meanwhile a young spectacled man came and started convincing the girl that he wanted a health certificate and so should be let in out of the queue. First the girl let him in and he came out a few moments later and asked the girl for some directions. Later he came with a form in his hand and asked to be let in to the doctor's chamber again to get it filled. This time the doctor herself told the guy to come in queue and when the guy asked the girl to write his name she told him that he would now be last as he had not enrolled his name earlier. I was relieved by this and mentally congratulated myself for not having tried to evade the queue by using the ploy of health certificate. I was feeling guilty too of being well while sick ones were around me. I was let into the chamber at last. The doctor smiled and took my name. She then asked to see the lady with the stomach ache before me and I was relieved that she did. When my turn came I related my symptom of loose motions . She checked my pressure and it came as 90/140. I was shocked as I had never had a pressure of 70/120 and always had low pressure. She checked it twice more on the electronic dial and it too came as 85/135. She prescribed some antibiotics and when I asked for medical certificate she gave it a bit puzzled that I had attended office that day on a upset stomach. I guess she must have caught on! But I was seriously upset! A high pressure which I had never believed possible. I immediately had depressing thoughts of dying and death and spent at least one hour in agony trying to think of the fate of my family after me ! After watching Big Boss - no halfway through I decided to go for a walk and so S and I did. Decided to eat healthy and exercise this new year. Enjoy as much as possible one never knows what horrors lurk around the next corner.
