Everybody's sick, Dave.

[bondchick_nett]

Okay, I'm attempting to work from home today cause I'm still sick (lords, day four >_<) but there's a lot of stuff to get done and due dates etc etc BUT I thought I should still go do the Doctor and get a doctor's certificate and all that jazz, even if I don't need it

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Curse you heat!

[i_am_here_now]

I had a discussion about this last night, and these were the conclusions/theories:

1. Hayfever season has started! So everyone's allergies are starting to act.

2. The warm weather is making everyone get all horny, therefore we get the cooties. Deadly cooties.

3. Hibernating aliens have just woke up, so now they are giving us the sickness.

4. Our health system sucks.

Re: Curse you heat!

[bondchick_nett]

1. Oh good call, hadn't thought of that since my allergy isn't season dependant. XD

2. The weather's been warm? O_O;;

3. Aliens hybernate?

4. But our health system is awesome in comparison to most of the rest of the world. And I'm not just talking 3rd world, I mean the US etc as well. Okay it sucks in comparison to, say, Sweden, but who can really argue with thousand year old rich scandinavian climes? XD

I know a bunch of people that have really serious things wrong with them - friends are staying with us because their son broke his arm yesterday pretty severely (I think he's in surgery right now >_<) for example, but lords! I blame open plan office buildings that don't allow fresh air! XD

[i_am_here_now]

Of course aliens hibernate! They only probe people in the summer. At least that's what my doctors keep telling me.

It's warm alright - 32 degrees today and the weekend was so warm people were wearing next to nothing in town at night, so I've been feeling hot under the collar in more ways than one :P.

And the swedish make everyone look lame by comparison :P.

And yikes, fresh air in offices are important. Isn't there an airborn contagen that comes from unclean air conditioners? Starts with an L but I can't remember what it's called.

[bondchick_nett]

Legionnaires -- I'm always scared of getting that! *laughs*

[jtph_jo]

My doctors surgery has about 7 practicing doctors (admittedly not ALL always in 5 days a week 9-5) and its still quite common any time of the year to call up and find there's no appointment free with any doctor that day - it happens probably 1/3 of the time. There is a slight shortage of GPs in Australia - I tend to blame our shitty med school acceptance practices (yay 60-70% asians and Indians who will move back home after graduating - oh but they pay full fees so its all good amirite?!) but mainly because that one bit me personally.

It's better than in the states and Europe - in America you might have to call up a week in advance, in the UK try two weeks. >__< So I say a 'slight' shortage P:

[bondchick_nett]

Holy jesus, how on earth do people get sick certificates?! O_O;;

[monotonehell]

There's a shortage of GPs and Dentists. Simple as that. It's been that way for a few years now. Hence the joke "I'd like to make an appointment for 4 months from now, I'm planning to be sick that day."

[bondchick_nett]

You know when you're talking allergenists, thats time frame isn't actually a joke, its real. There's only two in Adelaide. XD

I guess since if I have a bad cold or something similar I don't bother going to the doctors normally and the last few times I have gone they've had openings for me I haven't noticed...

[grotesqa]

I didn't know you had to call for a doctor *has been living under a rock* How does that work? Is it any different from a clinic?

Whenever I'm sick I just go to a clinic and get a queue number. The queue's not that long at the clinic I keep going to, so I get diagnosed and treated very soon. (can always set up an appointment with the Doc but I'm just lazy)

[bondchick_nett]

Here you call up and make an appt with your doctor at a surgery/clinic and then show up in time for it. Nine times out of ten you'll have to wait ages cause they're behind XD But I've turned up early to stuff before and they've slipped me in between late people and such which is always nice -- also a little scary cause the Doctor has gone "OH NETT! You're here early come straight through, you know the room." as soon as I've gone into the doors.

Someone gets sick a TAD too much... ^_^;;

[dear_prudence]

nett, my love, you need to have a chat with your body and tell it to stop this rubbish. being sick is not acceptabl body-like behaviour and it needs to know that it will simply be taken back to the body store and exchanged for a more functional model if it doesn't shape up.