I can’t express enough how frustrating it’s been to deal with my neurosurgeon.

He wouldn’t see me and didn’t return my doctors repeated calls (he claims that the note to call somehow got on the bottom of the list… whatever).

Then, from out of the blue, his scheduler left a message on my phone saying that he wanted to see me and made me an appointment for today at 3:30. I called them back last friday because I had another appointment at the same time with my physiatrist (pain management). They rescheduled me for today at 9:15 in the morning.

So… my wife drove me down, parked the Durango in the parkade, and we walked into his office at 9:05 am. When I attempted to check in they told me that my appointment was for yesterday, and that he was in surgery all day today. WTF!! When she called me with the damn appointment, she said Tuesday. When I called back and had it moved, she still said tuesday the 17th. They set me up with an appointment for next week and sent me on my way… no apology, nothing.

But that is par for my experience with that office so far, so I shouldn’t have been too surprised.

On a brighter note, Valentines day went very well at Casa dé Tone. I got my wife a lovely box of chocolates from Hallet’s Chocolate Factory (the box was heart shaped but decorated with pink silk and black lace… like a teddy), a red devil bear, a card (of course!) and a set of sapphires (earrings, pendant, and ring). She got me slippers.

So…. she took me out for lunch and then purchased me a new bed. I’ve had the old one since 1986… and it wasn’t helping with my back problems. We picked up a Simmons Beautyrest Exceptionale World Class (which is apparently the best bed they make). It’s absolutely pronominal!! Last night was our first night on it and I slept like a baby! Of course, for the price… I damn well better have! It was normally $2,699… but we got it on sale for $1,599. The delivered it for free the next day and took the old one away.

The only problem with the bed is finding sheets that might fit it. The matress is just over 15″ (38.1 cm) deep and most “deep pocket” sheets are 14″ deep. We did fine one pair at an affordable price, hopefully we’ll find more soon.