I do not have to drive myself, my power chair, to dialysis this morning. About a half an hour ago I had gotten a all from a medical ride called Jordan Transit telling me I had a ride coming. I find that okay and worth it. I am sick and tired of MTM screwing up, though. I do not like going anywhere on Sundays either. I enjoy my weekends with my tv, book, journals, and the internet. I do not bore easily anymore. I enjoy laying around on my days off at dialysis. 🤪🤪
I have been at the dialysis clinic since 11:35 am and I have 1 hour left to dialyze before being done for the day. On my way to the clinic, calling the clinic did not go through. The call went to the answering service because the clinic is not open on Sundays until the week of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. Wow, that is not good. Or at this point, there is nothing the clinic can do to remedy the phone line now that they have a floor above the oncology/cancer treatment floor. The Dialysis Clinic is no longer in the Henry Palmer building. The clinic, new in July 2023, was built on the Sister Michael Barry Building. The clinic is very nice and big with 20 chairs in cubicle-like spaces. The way the building is, it is connected to the hospital with MercyHealth’s Mercy West Clinic with Mercy Pharmacy in the hospital of the west wing. The Sister Michael Barry Building consists of LL (Lower Level), L (Lower and first floor), 2nd floor being the cancer treatment floor as well as colonoscopy and GI floor, and floor 3 is the dialysis clinic and nephrology floor. Dr. Anjum and Dr. Shaikh are the nephrologists. They have a receptionist name Kathy who is there most of the time and fill-ins when she is not. The dialysis clinic has technicians, nurses, and the doctors make their rounds to their patients on Mondays and Tuesdays as well as make visits to patients in the hospital with the floor doctors at the time. With Thanksgiving Day being on Thursday, dialysis was open today, on Sunday for us Monday patients who will have Tuesday patients going. Around holiday time, the clinic moves patients around a bit—a bit of frustration come about. I do not look forward to changing days most of the time these days.
Now, I know I repeated myself