Most doctors will never admit when they make mistakes. Mom had a dentist who left the broken off tip of a tool in one of her teeth. Cost $5k from another dentist to remove it. That was in Guam so it was hard to find dentists & the $5k one had like VR goggles to watch movies, back in the late 90s.
My day was frustrating. Body aching & could barely walk. Still haven't picked up the box of screws that fell and one of the cats peed on some of them.
Got email that samsclub order was ready. Let Mom know and she asked me to set her purse somewhere-- the spot she picked it kept falling. So I told her I was putting it near her nightstand where she could reach it from her bed. She said "OK". Unbeknownst to me, right after I left she fell on her way out of the bathroom to her bed and couldn't reach her purse (which had her cellphone). Hour drive up to Sams only to find I can't check in with app as my order isn't ready & it's already past the end time for the pickup window I selected. I had to hobble inside bc they wouldn't answer the phone. Was directed to curbside pickup area and told to grab a cart and that I would have to load my stuff up into my truck. The whole point of curbside was so I wouldn't have to limp in there and lift heavy stuff myself. I told the employee who was about to load my cart that I was having a lot of leg and back pain and that was why I did curbside order. He said he'd load stuff up for me. I apologized to him if I was coming off as cranky but I hadn't eaten & was frustrated that I had to go in instead of checking in with the app. He said he was hangry, hadn't had lunch yet, and was the only one working curbside. I said they needed to staff more people for it instead of expecting employees to be robots. Went to order takeout but the place was closed. I forgot my favorite place is closed Tuesdays.
Before I left I'd called the pharmacy to see if Mom's RX was ready. She's out of one of her pain meds for her neuropathy. They said it wasn't ready, they faxed the doctor but got no response & suggested calling the doctor's office to expedite. Called the doctor's office, they said they never got a fax, but that they would ask the nurse to call it in to the pharmacy. So 3hrs later I got up to the pharmacy window (after driving an hour from Samsclub and waiting in line) and get told its not ready. Nothing from doctor's office. I step out of the line and call the office and they said that the order would be put in when the nurse got around to checking her messages. I said that it had already been 3hrs, Mom was out of the meds, & I was currently at the pharmacy and was exhausted and didn't want to have to wait too long. Ended up getting irritated and telling her that at that rate I'd have to come back the next day. Had to go to the end of the pharmacy line and wait again-- another 20min. Then got up there and told them what happened. They were irritated that the nurse hadn't checked messages. Tried to do an emergency RX for her but their notes said the RX was picked up 90 day supply in October and wasn't due again until January. Now, I vaguely remember going in October & being told it wasn't ready yet and do not remember getting it filled. If it did get filled then I don't know what Mom did with the meds so I will have to search her desk & desk area to see if she set it aside and forgot. Bc they will not refill it 'til January, she's completely out. Last bottle she has was from July. It's entirely possible she misplaced it & my memory sucks so I don't remember even getting it.
So, I tried to call her to let her know but she wouldn't answer the phone. I called over 20x and she didn't pick up so I messaged my brother (who had gone to work in the morning) to ask if he was home yet bc Mom wasn't answering the phone. I thought maybe she was in the bathroom, but I waited a good 20min and got worried. Got the RXs that were ready, plus mine & headed out. Got a message from my brother that he was home, Mom had fallen & couldn't answer the phone. I asked him if she was OK but got no answer. I called and no answer. Called his cell and he finally answered and said he was trying to help her get up and she wanted me to stop calling. I asked if she wanted me to bring anything home for dinner & she just yelled at me angrily (it was on speakerphone).
Got home as fast as I could and she was already in bed but she was mad. Blamed me for not putting her purse in a different spot. Was angry about the positioning of her leg pillow & the covers, etc. I straightened them out for her and got her some soup to eat. She ate and then I had to half-carry her to the bathroom. She started to fall but I caught her. She was able to make it back to her bed after that though. She's really feeling cruddy & I hope she doesn't have Covid again.
On the way to and from the store I encountered every sort of moron-- no blinker, coming to a complete stop in the road instead of using the turn lane, changing lanes without warning, going through red lights, pulling out & going 5mph so I had to change lanes to avoid hitting them, and going 10 to 15mph under speed limit when I couldn't get around them bc of other traffic.
TL: DR? Mom fell, couldn't get her RX for stuff she's out of, pickup order wasn't ready, favorite restaurant was closed, got yelled at, morons in traffic, and I was crabby as hell.
I don't care to eat food someone else makes!!
