I Might Have Gone Blind

Track of the day - I Can See Clearly - Jewelsband.



I turned up for my three times cancelled appointment at the local specialist eye hospital. My appointment was for 9.00 am. I was eventually called at 9.40 am. by a doctor who looked barely old enough to have completed his A Levels.
He sat and read through my hospital notes.
"You don't have glaucoma. You are, in fact, suffering from ocular hypertension and we have prescribed drops to reduce and control the intraocular pressures."
So far so good. At least it proved that he could read and that he probably had the right set of notes in front of him.
Eventually he put the anaesthetic drops in my eyes, peered at the back of my eyes, measured the pressures and declared me fit as a fiddle.
"I'm very pleased with your progress. Your pressures are down and your field test results were normal. How do you feel about it?"
I launched into a long attack on a system that had failed to honour three appointments that it had arranged, thus increasing my test period from six months to twelve months in which time I might have gone blind.
He was apologetic and said that the appointment system had now been changed.
"We now send you a letter much closer to the time of your test so that we know that staff are available to conduct your examination.
I've put you down for a retest by a nurse in nine months time."

So there you have it. The new improved system means that the cancellations will start after nine months instead of six months and the test will be conducted by a nurse rather than a doctor.
Reassuring isn't it.

Have you purchased your own little piece of Prince Edward Island yet?