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I should have known, I should have known.
The first thing I heard today was the P.A. system of the public school next door, a little girl leading the student body in the Pledge of Allegiance–from which the line, “One nation under God,” was deleted. No law required its removal: our local school board took it upon itself to estrange the children from God. I have lived in this town all my life, and I have seen it lose its soul.
Now, when I left the doctor’s yesterday, it was with the clear understanding that I would, this morning, get a new prescription for a higher dose of my blood pressure medicine. Period. The nurse practitioner recommended a cholesterol medicine but I said I wouldn’t take it, I’d heard too many bad things about it. Okay, fine, she said, I don’t have to take it.
So I went to Wal-Mart this morning–oh, I wanted to be efficient! So I left before I even had my breakfast–and waddaya know? Some little voice told me I’d better check and see what was in the bad before I left the counter. Lo and behold–NO blood pressure medicine, plenty of cholesterol medicine, and double-strength water pills that weren’t once mentioned yesterday.
On the way back I stopped at the doctor’s office to demand an accounting–ha, ha, nobody there. Office hours, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Nobody there at 9:30.
Is this how they propose to lower my blood pressure? Doubtless I’ll get a phone call later, bidding me to go back to Wal-Mart and try again, waste some more time. “Hey, Lee, you need to get more exercise!” Well, when the sam-hill am I supposed to do that? Jumping jacks in the doctor’s office?
I could just scream.
So sorry! I hate days like this…
Sometimes all you can do is take deep breaths, listen to soothing music, and pray…a lot.
Sorry, Lee. Frustrating days seem more plentiful for many of us these days, and the producers of that frustration don’t seem to care one bit. Read a few Bible verses, sing a bit louder, and pray. Many of us are praying for you.
They are gonna kill you. That’s the purpose of “medicine” these days. Do yourself a favor and look up Strauss Heartdrops.
I hear you loud and clear. It is “normal” these days to run into these situations. It happens to me on every side, just about every day. Documents are needed, I make the documents, sign and date them mail them and the intended recipient sents a new set a few days later asking me to please sign and date and return ASAP. I ask about the previous set, they don’t see them anywhere, people promise to return calls, they don’t.
Ask a government agency for info, they don’t know how to find it. Frustration; on steroids. Almost every day. They think we are as dumb as they are.
And meanwhile I don’t have the medicine I’m supposed to have.
Father, in the name of Yeshua/Jesus, please take over in this situation for Lee, and provide everything that YOU know he needs. Take control of everything pertaining to his needs, as I know you can in your sovereignty and perspective. Let peace come like a soft, thick, warm and comforting blanket to cover him with you undying love,
Amen
Oh, thank you!
Or…..lower your sodium intake & increase your potassium intake (bananas, yogurt, etc).
Thanks, I’ll try that. Already started on the bananas.