Today Sue and I learned a few things. Unfortunately not one of them shed any light at all on the next treatment steps!

These are some of the things we know now that we did not know this morning:

  • When a medical receptionist writes on an appointment card, they sometimes make mistakes and list a mismatching day and date (e.g. Wednesday 28th July)
  • When Geoff reads an appointment card, he only looks at the date (number) not the day - and confidently puts it in his electronic diary for that date.
  • When Sue notices a mismatched day and date she (thinks she) mentions it to Geoff, who then has no memory of it. Sue is then apparently satisfied.
  • Geoff gets annoyed by things like this but is (now) mature enough to just 'go quiet' for a while then (mostly) get over it.
  • Sue is apparently more sanguine in these sorts of circumstances and is happy to have spent time with her husband and had a nice pre-appointment coffee at Java Spice (favorite cafe) and is looking forward to another one in two day's time. 
  • Wednesday 28th July occurred last in 2010 and next in 2021.

undefinedSo where does that leave us?

  • We missed the 2010 appointment and are not prepared to wait for 2021!
  • Fortunately, in the mis-communication and confusion, we arrived exactly 2 days early for our (actual) appointment rather than 2 days late.
  • We will do it all again on Wednesday 30th and maybe then have some more useful knowledge to guide our thinking about future treatment options.

Such is life (apparently)!!

Love and prayers to all who had a day today that did not go to plan. May you handle it with grace and peace.