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Canceling Clinic Appointments (“Am I Alone In This?”)
I was supposed to have my CF Clinic appointment yesterday (telehealth) and I canceled it at the last minute. Considering I had been feeling poorly prior to (with what I think was a sinus infection which was gone after a couple weeks of orals), and am a little more wheezy than normal, I know this wasn’t the smartest thing to do. Still, sometimes my home environment makes Telehealth too tough.
My daughters both hit their peek mood swings at the same time yesterday, and our house was utter emotional chaos all morning. One teen was raging at me for making her do math (oh the math rage) and the other tween was yelling about something-that-didn’t-even-make-any-sense (newfound hormones are definitely to blame), and I was somewhere in the middle, crippled with back pain, wondering: “Wait… What’s happening?”
I was so exhausted from it all – and yes, current pain levels did not help the situation- that I honestly thought I’d start sobbing on the Telehealth as soon as I saw my team. So I wimped out and canceled in order to finish my heavy writing work load (So. Much. Work), ride out the sister-warfare, and curl up in my own little cocoon of apathy instead. (Healthy, right?)
Do you ever cancel appointments or are you really good about keeping them?
Can anyone relate to this?
That’s it. That’s my question: “Is anyone out there?” (lol). But truly, I’d love to know if you’ve ever cancelled on your clinic before, and if you feel guilty about it or realize that lives + medicine can be a difficult dance sometimes.
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