Ugh. Medical care in this country sucks.

Medical stuff in this country sucks.  Although, my dental's all right.

I drove over the hill late yesterday/early this morning (got in around 4am) for a dentist appt at 1pm this afternoon.  Got there, and it all went well; I have some gum inflamation, but I'm pretty sure that's just my ineptitude at flossing.  I have one itsy bitsy cavity in a back tooth that they want to fill before it gets to be a big cavity, and one of the onlays (basically a replacement for the inner part of my tooth) that they put on last spring is still being tender, so if that's still being funky they want to replace it.  So I have an appt for early morning on Jan 5 for that.

Then... then I went to lunch with mum, which was fun and nice.  And then I went to get my medical records from Kaiser ordered for the UCSC health center.

Now, they have the forms right there.  I had all the info.  I filled it out.  I got there just after 4pm and took a number.  Shit.  I'm 73; they're on 63.  This could be a while.

Forty-five minutes later, my number finally gets called.  The lady scans the form, asks one question (do you want to pick these up or have us mail them?  Well, when can I pick them up?  Friday.  No, mail them) and I'm done.  About a minute, all told.

Now, of the roughly seven people ahead of me, about four of them were this rapid.  By the time they got to me, they had two people helping us so they could get us all out the door before five pm.  Explain to me why I couldn't have just dropped the damn form in a box somewhere and been done?  Or stand in a line for five minutes specially for these forms that are quick and rapid and easy.  Or something, so I don't have to wait 45 minutes for the three folks whose forms (different forms; disability instead of medical records) take 15 minutes each to process?

Argh.

Then I went to pick up my prescriptions, which was relatively easy and quick except that parking there is a nightmare, and their cute little electronic signature pad NEVER works the first time.  Sigh.

And now I need a nap.