It’s My Imagination

Time Alone

May 15, 2008 on 7:45 pm | In Some of This Some of That |

I arrived at my scheduled doctor appointment 20 minutes early today. This was my first visit with this doctor’s office, so I knew I had paperwork to fill out. I also wanted the appointment to begin right on time, if not early, because I knew I’d have to head straight to my daughter’s school to pick her up a the end of her school day.

My appointment was scheduled for 2:15 this afternoon and I had the new patient paperwork turned in by 2:10. I wasn’t called back until 2:25. I had my blood pressure and temperature taken and then was left alone to sit and wait for the nurse practitioner. I waited, and waited, and waited some more. At 2:50, I got on my cell phone and called my daughter’s school to ask them to have her wait in the school office until I got there and explained I would be running late. At 3:00, I stepped out of my little exam room and asked a nurse when I would be seen as I needed to leave to pick my daughter up from school. She asked me what time she got out of school and I informed her that the school day ended 5 minutes earlier. Lo and behold, I was immediately seen by the nurse practitioner and, after a 3 minute exam and 2 minutes of prescription instructions, was on my way. I guess they thought I could use the time for personal meditation.

Truthfully, if my head hadn’t been hurting and my allergies acting up and I hadn’t been watching the clock tick away, I might have benefited from some meditation. As it was, I was unable to relax and the time to myself was making me feel worse. Of course, looking at all the little animals painted on the walls wasn’t helping. I felt like I was at a pediatricians office! If I’d wanted to mediate, I would have gone to www.heartmath.com to align my mind, body and heart and then maybe I would have been able to relax enough to focus on meditation. But, then again, I wasn’t there to meditate, I was there for help in feeling physically better.  Why do they leave patients sitting in exam rooms for so long?

I wound up being given a nasal prescription as well as a few samples of eye drops and an OTC allergy medication. Hopefully, after trying all of these new things out, I’ll feel better and may even check out the webinar scheduled for next Wednesday, May 21 at 8 PM EST. Then I can learn techniques to make meditation more fulfilling and effective.

Tags: meditation, www.heartmath.com