Playing the game...

It was an extremely long day out, but, no complaints here. All part of the process.
I was picked up at 7.15am after about a half hour wait at the local clinic. Thereafter it was a couple of stops along the way to pick up others, and we arrived at the hospital around 9am.
The last few times i'd been thru with my mom, we'd been in the queue at 7am, so i was expecting it to be a long wait.
I was not wrong.
3h later i reached the front of the queue and collected my file and headed up to the orthopaedic section to wait to see the specialist.
An hour or so later i was sat in front of him discussing my ultrasound on monday.
He checked the results and read the docs notes from the visit, and said that he would sign off on the MRI that i needed.
This MRI costs over R8000 if i was to have it as a private individual, so i am very fortunate to have finally gotten it signed off.
I can fully understand the system involved, and the expenses incurred in the entire process that i have been thru, and as such am very happy to have finally gotten my visit rubber stamped.
My investigation on the internet whilst still in the DR led me to the fact that i would need an MRI to fully ascertain what was wrong with my knee, but i was aware that there would have to be a process that would need to be followed in order to get to this point.
The ultrasound had detected some fluid build up in a few places which could not be explained, that indicated that there were underlying problems. Also some irregularities on the surface of the patella (kneecap). So i am very happy to be booked in next thursday to see what needs to be done.
After my visit, i went and waited outside for our transport to return.
Being Easter weekend, our driver had collected a lot of traffic on his runs up and down the Garden route, so was the last bus to arrive back to the hospital around 6pm.
The hospital runs a policy of dropping everyone at their doors if they are later than 6pm, so i was dropped off outside my front door around 7pm. The entire transport system for the day was for free! Like i said before, no complaints here!
In the meantime i continue with my exercises, some evenings having to cut them short because of the pain, but most, managing to get thru my entire routine.
5 more days until i find out what lies ahead...