So, earlier I was going to say good things about the new dental practice I'm using, because they got me in this morning, and were going out of their way to schedule everything for tomorrow due to my time constraints.
Then... they waited until their office was closed/closing after 4pm today to tell me they need me to somehow come up with a doctor's note saying I'm cleared for sedation during my appointment tomorrow at 8:30am... you'd think someone in the past two weeks of me saying I wasn't doing anything without sedation beyond xrays and looking would have possibly mentioned that as a need before the night before my procedure (and after my doctor's office is closed for the day).
So, I think to myself, I have all of my medical records for the past 9 years including all blood work, stress tests, diagnosis, med history, etc. Surely any doctor can write that note (which I didn't need 2 years ago for them to sedate me for my extractions/implants).... nope, the available doctors at the urgent care clinic and tele-medicine refuse to look at my records and say "yep, he's safe to get IV sedation".
So, I get to spend 2 hours running around starting at 6 am on the very slim chance that my PCP will be in early enough, and have the time and inclination, to get around to writing something down saying I can have the sedation in time for me to then go halfway across town in rush hour to try and make my appointment... which I can't drive myself home from so I'll have to leave my car there if I do make the appointment with the miracle doctor's note saying I can be sedated...
So, for now, I'm really, really, really frustrated with the dental practice that lets me know in the evening before my work that they won't do it without a note I probably can't get... not to mention the doctors that refuse to bother looking at my medical history, labs, etc so they can say I can be sedated for dental work (just like I was 2 years ago with the same medical history and no need for a doctor's note).
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!