Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
You'll have to wait for the last paragraph to hear the crazy scenes at the med centre this morning.
First I need to bring you up to date.
And I do this
a) So that people can learn from my experience
b) To unburden my misery, thus achieving closure
c) So you lot can laugh yer heads off
To recap. I have an underactive thyroid, once established that there is no tumour or disease, I'm on a pill a day for the rest of my life, 6 month blood test, adjust dose as necessary.
Simple.
Lets do this in conversational format
Lyneham Doc (from initial post)
Until you see the Peterborough specialist, you are 'undiagnosed' so I am temporarily downgrading you.
So I went private, got it diagnosed, no disease, no tumour, one pill a day, write cheque for £200
Will you upgrade me now (and can I have my £200 refunded)
No
3 months Later - Peterborough Specialist
Lovely, smashing super, but we'll keep you downgraded until your Thyroid function is back within limits
But...
This is not negotiable
3 months later, pills have done their job. Lyneham Doc
Will you upgrade me then?
No, you're under the control of Peterborough now.
(Appointment in March)
Today at the Med Centre
(Just missed out on a good detachment, now I'm a bit peeved, got an appointment, practiced speech, no swearwords.)
BINGO! SUCCESS! Walk out of doctors surgery will F Med 566 stating 'Restore previous MES, Fit for full operational duties.
FOR ALL OF 15 MINUTES
You already know the punchline
Dr XXXX XXXXX BSc MB (Lon) DRCOG MRCGPP FRCS (Edin) Surgeon & Physician has signed the above mention F Med 566
Cpl Jobsworth (Med Sec) knows better!
He can't do that.
He can, he's signed this bit of paper.
Yes but he can't do it
Well he has
He's not allowed to do it
'scuse me isn't your job to do what he tells you on this bit of paper I've given you
Well yes, but also to stop him doing things he's not allowed to do
Okay, fair point, we have the same with our officers
etc etc etc etc
