Monday Morning Blues

Today is dank dark and dreary, welcome to Monday! I joined the millions of other people who have the Monday morning blues.

I knew it wasn't going to start well as I had a pre arranged dentist appointment, never the greatest way to start the day let alone the week. But it was worse my hips have decided not to work without causes immense pain that is causing much screaming and swearing. Finally I made it to the car wet and in pain, unable to take any pain relief as I have to take a light sedative to get to the dentist, many for the dentists sake as I suffer from dentist phobia and my jaw can lock mid treatment. That's has involved locked in a bite on a hand or just lock solid. Still one trip to dentist latter and one new filling installed in my mouth.

But the day doesn't get any better, the post arrives ! And yes there is my MRI scan date, a Saturday of all days, still its not my birthday so that is or rather was a relief. I read the safety check and fail on two questions so that involved a quick phone call to the hospital, well I thought it would be a quick yes or no, I should be so lucky. First of all they told me my tattoo may fade during the process and could affect the scan but they would still do the scan, then I mentioned my ear operations and full scale panic occurred. No one knows if they used metal in the surgery to reconstruct some of the middle ear, and here comes the clanger the MRI department aren't allowed to apply for my records for some red tape or another. The most they can do is contact some one in radiology for a suggestion. They aren't even allowed to call ENT for the answer.

It gets better the scan is on the 13th of October, and unless I receive a phone call between now and then I won't know anything. So I have to carry on as if the scan is going ahead, but be scared rigid if my mobile rings. Talk about stress, why can't this departments be allowed to talk to each other! Its bureaucracy gone crazy as they need to have this information. Whats worse is if I can't have a MRI scan we are stuffed as I am banned from any more xrays unless its a life or death situation as I have had way too many apparently.

So far this Monday morning has been hellish, think the rest of the day will be a duvet day due to the pain in my hips, an autumn cold and too much stress.