Scheduler: Do you want a telephone appointment?
Me: Yes! That sounds good.
Scheduler: The doctor can call you at 4pm on Feb 14th - Valentine's Day!
Me: Great!
Scheduler: OK, I've got you down for a telephone appointment at 4pm on 2/14.
Me: OK, sounds good!
Scheduler: Do you want an email reminder? The only thing that is funny about these is that they'll say your appointment is in-office, but really it is a telephone appointment. Do you want the reminder anyway?
Me: Sure, no problem.
Scheduler: Really, don't get confused, because the email will say you are supposed to be in the office, but the doctor will call you at 4pm.
Me: I won't get confused. I have it down: telephone appointment at 4pm on February 14th.
Scheduler: Great. Telephone appointment at 4pm on February 14th. And I'll send you that email reminder. But remember, it is a telephone appointment!
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Yesterday: an email stating I have an in-office appointment the next day at 4pm.
Me: I remember! It isn't an in-office appointment; it is a telephone appointment!
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Today at 4:00pm: silence
Today at 4:15pm: silence
Today at 4:30pm: silence
Today at 4:45pm: silence
Today at 5:00pm: silence
Today at 5:15pm: silence
Today at 5:30pm: silence
Today at 5:45pm: silence
Today at 6:00pm: silence
Today at 6:15pm: silence
Today at 6:30pm: silence
Today at 6:45pm: silence
Today at 7:00pm: silence
Hmmmmm, I'm starting to think they scheduled me for an in-office appointment.
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UPDATE: Apparently the doctor placed the call to a telephone number that does not belong to me. The office has no idea how that happened.
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New here? The first of many posts chronicling my spine surgery journey began with an expectation that it wasn't my back at all.
