A note on 'top specialists'

'Top Specialists'

... have large friendly faces...

... they explain things to you in a way that's so obviously dumbed down you wanna scream, but that makes enough sense to stop you

... they tend to disbelieve all but their own evidence

... they have minions, who prep you before said Top Specialist sweeps in and does everything again, in a more sunny manner

...have done this before - no pauses while they look for that sperm bank address somewhere on their desk; it's all pre-written and ready to be 'discreetly handed off'

... don't have water-stained ceilings - all other doctor's do

... are smiley

... carry the faint whiff of expensive automotove leather about them

... know from experience that second wives get bigger diamonds

... carry a little too much weight, making their faces and their handshakes somewhat 'piggy'

... tend to make you feel more confident than other doctors - despite their obviously not having studied your records

... are cool!

Still no news

The transport strike made getting to Cornell a bit of a nightmare - but with some begging, pleading, threatening, walking and waving of cash we made it. Alas the support staff did not - so the wait was 4 hrs.

4 hrs to hear that pathology reports aren't back yet and they can't tell me anything at all until they are.

Still I'm in the system - they've sticked me for blood, scheduled me for bone marrow and slipped me the name of a sperm bank.

And I have another number to chase for pathology.

So almost, but not completely, a total waste of my time