You enter this place with reluctance , knowing very well that you could become trapped here for ” Hours :-O .”       

         Our health care system is good, but when you don’t have a doctor of your own, you are at the mercy of the hospital or the clinics.               Entering this zone can only be a trip into the dark side.       But, here we are  left with the only choice we have,  be here or not at all.         You are feeling lousy, and just wish to crawl up on the chair, and sleep.                    But, we are not at home and the chairs are full.       There are alot of people feeling the same way today.    

                  Check-in time, and here we go.           After waiting for three hours, our name is called. “Yahoo!”  You think you have just won the lottory, “but wait”, this only the next waiting space.         The hospital seems to have alot of places to make people wait to see the doctor on call.       

     Laying on the stretcher in the room feels great, and your eyes just begin to close, when, you are moved again.      You feel like this is a game of musical chairs.   ” Are you winning?”   Who knows for sure, you certainly don’t.            Snuggled down for that long awaited nap, and the doctor enters.                   Hey, how are ya, all that stuff, and what is wrong with you today.                      He seems pleasent enough, and you pour out your heart revealing your every ache and pain.           He retreats, did you frieghten him off?           But, no here he is with a very handsome nurse, and in her hand is a needle.      You swallow hard as this needle looks like it could be used on an elephant. :-O          She politly says she will be right back.            A rush of releif comes over you, you are safe this time.           The doctor says you must have an ultra-sound done, and you are off to another location.    

                 Naked under a gown, with no back in it, you are hoping for no breezes, as you will be baring your butt for all the world to see.    :-O       You are directed to a chair where the  wait is on again.         I would still like to know,” who is winning this game of musical chairs?”         You are in for the ultra-sound, and the air is very cool, my god, that gel must have been in the freezer.     “AAAAAHH.”               Thank goodness that is over, and now comes the wait to see if that came out okay.        The clock is ticking, as time passes by, the image of you at home all warm in your bed dances through your  mind.     

                The sign is given, and you are on the move again, this time the doctor is waiting on you.                   The nurse takes your temperature, and pulse, while the doctor reads the chart, and you are on your way for a CT scan.         They seem not to be able to locate the problem.            Now your blood pressure is higher than the moon.       You are on the move again.          Time passes by, blood test after blood test.                         You are beginning to look like a pin cushion, “heck, if they put water in ya and you would leak for sure.”        And your color is starting to pale up alittle.             Test show you maybe diabetic.   “Great.”      And, now it is time for the CT scan.   

              The day has slowly ran away, the once light of the sun has now turned to the dark of the night.      Where did it all go to?         You wonder in the silence of your make shift room.           You mill over the findings of the day, and  think, ” I should have eaten that chocolate bar before I left.”         Now there will be none of that if diabeties is a reality.           

                What a long day you have spent, a captive in a world of medical wonders, and musical chairs.     The time is very late, and no word has been handed down.         

                      ” Time ticks by. ”

         “When will this end?”

             “Can I go home?” 

      “Have you ever spent your day like this?”