Today was my first day of work in my new job. It made up for the first few crappy days of this week and the end of last week.
I went for my pre work physical yesterday and OMG. Half the appointment the PA was talking about her outside wood burning furnace and her troubles with the zoning board in her town. Then it was the rapid fire physical questions and brush off of my concerns, a quick glance at my awful blood test result and no comment on what I should do to fix it and then she informs me she can’t sign my form for work because my records were never transferred from my other doctor 2 years ago. She needed proof of vaccinations and couldn’t just write any random dates down.
So here I am trying very hard not to kill her because I have already put off starting work by almost 2 weeks because I had to wait to get in for a physical and she is telling me that 2 years ago the release I signed either never got sent or my other doctor never sent the records. So I pay my 25 dollar co pay for what?
I got home found my baby book record with the dates and was told that would be fine. I called my old doctors office but they never received a release and couldn’t fax the information that was missing till they got one. Called other doctor and they found the release in my file and I asked to have it faxed and hopefully they will get my records sent to them now. Can you guess what I was ranting about when I got done doing this? Once again I am suffering and having to do another persons job.
Good thing it all worked out and I was able to start work today.
My kids have always complained that at school they seem to have everybody unload their problems on them thinking they can fix them and I guess I also have the same problem I just never thought of it that way. I had some serious health concerns yesterday that I needed to discuss and none of which was even address except to have yet another prescription thrown at me for depression. My records will get there just in time for me never to go back there again. I have got to find a doctor that I can talk to.
Onto today. I filled out paperwork and timed my first day to the day they were having the new employee tea. They have it every 6 months to orientate new employees. Then I dove right in and learned about the filing system, the forms that they use, and information I will need for tomorrow when I have my first experience in one of the clinic settings. During the tea the director of the department I work for at the health department said she had a homework assignment for us. That being new and not familiar with the way things work around there we were to observe and if we see something that we aren’t quite sure why they do it that way ask and if we don’t like the answer and think it could be done an easier way she wants to know. They actually take and look at these and implement them if it seems appropriate. I almost cried. Then it just continued to get better as the day progressed.
It’s a very busy fast paced environment with a lot of people contact. It was 4 before I knew it.
So tomorrow I will learn more and hopefully love it as much as today. I really need to be working because I felt alive today for the first time in a while. I am needed and mostly wanted everyday from the people close to me but after a while it’s not enough. The adventure continues tomorrow.
Stay safe, Stay warm, Feel loved.
TTFN
I went for my pre work physical yesterday and OMG. Half the appointment the PA was talking about her outside wood burning furnace and her troubles with the zoning board in her town. Then it was the rapid fire physical questions and brush off of my concerns, a quick glance at my awful blood test result and no comment on what I should do to fix it and then she informs me she can’t sign my form for work because my records were never transferred from my other doctor 2 years ago. She needed proof of vaccinations and couldn’t just write any random dates down.
So here I am trying very hard not to kill her because I have already put off starting work by almost 2 weeks because I had to wait to get in for a physical and she is telling me that 2 years ago the release I signed either never got sent or my other doctor never sent the records. So I pay my 25 dollar co pay for what?
I got home found my baby book record with the dates and was told that would be fine. I called my old doctors office but they never received a release and couldn’t fax the information that was missing till they got one. Called other doctor and they found the release in my file and I asked to have it faxed and hopefully they will get my records sent to them now. Can you guess what I was ranting about when I got done doing this? Once again I am suffering and having to do another persons job.
Good thing it all worked out and I was able to start work today.
My kids have always complained that at school they seem to have everybody unload their problems on them thinking they can fix them and I guess I also have the same problem I just never thought of it that way. I had some serious health concerns yesterday that I needed to discuss and none of which was even address except to have yet another prescription thrown at me for depression. My records will get there just in time for me never to go back there again. I have got to find a doctor that I can talk to.
Onto today. I filled out paperwork and timed my first day to the day they were having the new employee tea. They have it every 6 months to orientate new employees. Then I dove right in and learned about the filing system, the forms that they use, and information I will need for tomorrow when I have my first experience in one of the clinic settings. During the tea the director of the department I work for at the health department said she had a homework assignment for us. That being new and not familiar with the way things work around there we were to observe and if we see something that we aren’t quite sure why they do it that way ask and if we don’t like the answer and think it could be done an easier way she wants to know. They actually take and look at these and implement them if it seems appropriate. I almost cried. Then it just continued to get better as the day progressed.
It’s a very busy fast paced environment with a lot of people contact. It was 4 before I knew it.
So tomorrow I will learn more and hopefully love it as much as today. I really need to be working because I felt alive today for the first time in a while. I am needed and mostly wanted everyday from the people close to me but after a while it’s not enough. The adventure continues tomorrow.
Stay safe, Stay warm, Feel loved.
TTFN
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