Thursday #86 – this Thursday kicked
off with some interesting patients. When I saw in my appointment
book that someone was coming in because he “had a branch hit him in
the eye and wants to check if there's anything in there” I started
to panic about removing foreign bodies and diagnosing fungal
keratitis.
By the time he arrived I had psyched
myself up to deal with presumably a very red/sore eye and was
surprised to see him walk in with neither eye noticeably irritated.
After some questioning it came out that he had been wearing his
glasses at the time and so “luckily” the branch hadn't hit his
actual eye – I was starting to wonder why he was wasting my time.
I heard stories about his polio, dodgy lungs and disastrous sleep
apnoea test but didn't look like I was getting rid of him any time
soon as I had to reassure him that a stray branch hitting his glasses
had not caused a retinal detachment. As he finally made his way out
of my office he told me that next time he came in we would talk about
my hobbies since he had told me all about himself. I think he
misunderstands the doctor/patient roles. Anxious that I had no real
hobbies to speak of, I pretended to still be playing soccer and
briefly discussed this. He left me with some religious talk after
asking if anyone in my family had cancer and told me to trust in the
The Lord.
After Mr Polio left I had a little
break before seeing The Cute Preschooler. At just 4 years old he was
very well behaved and I felt bad that nothing I did seemed to make
him see any better. Not wanting to have him back for a second time
and still not find anything, I encouraged his mother to take him
elsewhere as she was sceptical about his level of vision and our
non-child-friendly charts. I agreed that the letters and numbers
were difficult for a 4 year old and the pictures are particularly
stupid. I am starting to worry that The Forestville Optometrist is
going to get sick of seeing my reject kids.
From 3:30 I had no patients booked in
and enjoyed my usual Thursday afternoon bludge while DTM went and saw
The Hangover III without me
coz he couldn't wait 24 more hours. Apparently he had been waiting a
really long time for this movie to come out...which I'm pretty sure
was the same amount of time as everyone else had been waiting since
The Hangover II.
After work I headed
home briefly to change into my gumboots and head to the city for the
long awaited dinner with Legs 11 and Legally Blonde. The Hot One was
nowhere to be seen but we coped just fine without her. We left the
ordering to Legally Blonde (who's been to this busy Asian eatery before) with my only proviso being no duck or
seafood. In a move that reminded me of the creamy cake debacle at
our joint birthday dinner in year 9, Legally Blonde took this on
board and ordered a feast of mostly prawns and duck with the
occasional pork or chicken thrown in. After The Cabbie recently
bought pet ducks, I held my ground on not eating that dish but was
able to cope with prawn dumplings.
Talk soon turned to
boys with DTM, Straighty One Eighty and The Guy I Don't Know Well
Enough To Nickname all up for discussion. There was talk of quitting
jobs, finding jobs and moving countries, with Legs 11 providing some
insight into suddenly finding yourself mother to a teenager when
you're only 26 yourself. She did not do very well in selling the
idea of being a parent to a rich private school kid.
After dinner, Legs
11 headed back to her parenting duties while Legally Blonde and I
headed to Star Bar with DTM for a cheeky happy hour beverage. It was
raining when we left (unlike when we arrived at dinner) and finally I
didn't feel so silly wearing my gumboots and carrying my umbrella!
Legally Blonde left halfway through her wine as The Guy I Don't Know
Well Enough To Nickname had arrived to pick her up. This left DTM
and I to do what we always did so well on Thursday nights, drink
happy hour wine and beer by ourselves.
We headed home on
the 10:30 bus after a quick detour via KFC for a popcorn chicken
snackbox for DTM. Not the best day at work but always nice to have
dinner with the girls and some drinks with DTM like back in the day.
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