So I haven’t been feeling on top of the world for a while. In fact, I’ve had a sore throat for about two weeks. Yeah, I did have a cold earlier but it went its merry way last week some time. The sore throat has lingered. Not that it’s all that bad; it’s just that I have to talk for my job. You really can’t provide phone tech support if you can’t talk, now, can you? So I’ve had this sore throat - well a dry, scratchy throat anyway. It really has been all that’s been going on. I’m not really running a fever or feeling bad or anything else.

Well, today I got fed up with that and got in to the clinic. I called about 8:30 and was told they could get me in at 11:30 this morning - what a break! Usually it’s the next day or later in the afternoon. So I get there at 11:30, and honestly the last time I was there was over 8 years ago. I didn’t really know how to get exactly where I needed to go. So I figured it out and showed up at my physician’s office at about 11:25 - not bad, I thought. I had to fill out a couple of forms but I was ready at 11:35 or so…. and was “immediately” accepted by a nurse at 11:50. That’s right - 20 minutes AFTER my appointment. Then, after being weighed and admitted to an examination room, I waited until 12:20 before the doctor came in. 12:20! Then after a quick check of my throat and ears he prescribed amoxycillin. That’s right, an hour later I got out with a 10 day prescription antibiotic! I felt the entire thing was a waste of everyone’s time - mine, the nurse’s, the doctor’s and even the receptionist!

So now I will be taking 3 amoxycillin pills a day for 10 days. All that for an antibiotic!