At Least It's Free

Although, free or not, I'm probably not going to use it.

I went to my doctor today, during sick call, to get a referral to the physical therapy clinic so I can sit down. Hey, guess what? The first appointment available is on April 5.

Ahem. The first appointment is over two weeks from now. Hello? I'm lying on my stomach in the living room? Little help?

That's exactly what you get here, little help. So it looks like, once again, I'll be finding a medical specialist out in the wider Tampa world rather than using the free health care on base. Awesome customer service.

In fairness, this is not at all the therapists' fault--there are simply way too many people in this area trying to use the hospital's services, and not nearly enough doctors, nurses, technicians, or space at our hospital. Tampa has tens of thousands of retired military folks, because it's a nice place to live and there's a great VA hospital network here, and the base with its commissary and all that. But... I don't know, it seems like an active duty person who's capacity to perform his job is hindered by his condition would, you know, move up the priority ladder a little. Maybe I don't understand the system. Maybe the system's broken. Could be either one.

In any event, if anyone, anyone at all, knows a good physical therapy clinic in Tampa, please write a comment, for the love of God.