I had an irritating, frustrating encounter with the medical system again. I I'm sure you've all been there (at least those of us in the U.S.). I really don't think the medical system could be more inefficient if it TRIED. And they expect the patient to take all the in-between steps the doctors and their offices and facilities USED to handle on their own! I get a call today that because my PCP sent the referral for more study on an abnormal mammogram to another imaging facility in a completely different system from the first. The 2nd place called me today and told me at my appt. Monday, June 9, I need to bring a CD from the last imaging place to my Monday appt. They can't tell me this beforehand like when I first scheduled the appt. 3 WEEKS ago?! So I try to talk to a person at the first imaging place, get the electronic auto transfer menus of h*ll that I finally end up hanging up on up. I drive to the place finally so I could talk to a PERSON, and they're like, oh, we stopped doing CD's a few months ago, you have to request your records sent electronically (while the 2nd place wants the CDs and not an electronic transfer). I'm in near tears at this point, I mean who wants to be told they have an abnormal mammogram, wait over 3 weeks for an appt. to schedule a followup and then get the run-around every where you turn? Finally, the receptionist could see I was in near tears about this and said, let me talk to my manager, see if we can do a CD (which apparently, yes, they will do one, have the ability do give a CD) and wonders of wonders, it is actually ready, but I'm not picking it up until tomorrow because that 45 min. in constant traffic lights to get there & back and sometimes worse depending on the time of day and I'm not doing that twice in 1 day. Or maybe I will go back there today, just bite the bullet get it over with. Then they tell me, don't forget if you get images at another place and come back here, we'll need a CD from them. I'm like great, the 2nd place tends to be harder to get anything done at, but whatever. Deal with that when I come to it. I just want to get reassurance there's nothing wrong; maybe a faulty setup on the mammogram (though the tech did seem to be quite experienced, not having to retake images like past techs have), so I'm thinking it could be something like a cyst, which is more likely than something of major concern, but reassurance would be nice.

It interrupted my painting, would have turned out better if I could have painted the next step I needed on half wet but it was dry by the time I got that taken care of. So it's a blueberry muffin, but I may redo it so I can get better color blending on half wet since I use the watercolor pressed trays and not the paints in tubes. There is supposed to be a shadow in the darker areas but a bit more subtle than it turned out.


tweaked a bit and dried: