I was away for business last couple of weeks. I wound up with an excrutiating sore throat and a swollen gland on the right side of my neck. I was exhausted, glassy-eyed, nauseus. I had to stay for meetings but the day I got home, I headed straight to the doctor. My regular doctor wasn't in, so I had to see one of his colleagues.

Let me explain--I was really sick. I mean, I could barely move. So, while I'm there at 11:30 in the morning, the nurse's aid pitches a fit that she'd been there since 8:30 a.m. and didn't feel like seeing anyone else. She's tired and annoyed. Whatever. The doctor comes in and doesn't take my blood pressure, my temperature or my pulse. Asks me what's wrong, looks at my throat and says "Yup, you've got tonsilitis". I said, Okay, well, I also was hoping to get some bloodwork. "No, not until you're better". She said. The real reason: the nurse's aid refused to draw anyone else's blood and threatened to hurt people if she was forced to. I had been quite sick the past couple of months on and off, and I was like, "Wow, I just can't catch a break." And that rude doctor turned to me and goes, "Well, given what you had gone through last year, I'd say you're doing quite well, so I don't know why you're complaining." I stood in shock and then the doctor just shooed me away, gave me a prescription and a curt "Take whatever you want" when I asked if I could take Tylenol for the pain.

How is this acceptable? I'm truly amazed. I really had no words. This doctor didn't want to be there and it showed. I mean to the point of potential malpractice. I am seriously just confused. I would love to show up at my job at around 11:30 declare, ya know, I'm just not feeling it right now. I mean, I potentially could, I work in training so it's not like anyone's going to DIE if I did that, but there's this thing called responsibility that stops me and no one's life is in my hands. Geez. Scary isn't it.