And do you feel that you are able to ask questions if you have any questions?
No. You go in, you go in and they take blood. I suppose it's me, because I do tend to clam up when I go to the doctor's because I don't like the doctor's at all. Most probably it's an inward thing, you know. But I suppose if I did ask, you know, I would get an answer. I don't know. But like if you had a group, you could all discuss like we are now. Which is easier, isn't it?
Do you feel that you don't want to ask questions because, why is that, that you feel like you can't ask questions?
I just don't know. I just clam up. I think it's maybe fear of going for surgery. It's the same when I have to go for a hospital appointment. I'm sick for three days [laugh]. I'm terrible. At 74, is that laughable, isn't it [laugh] I can't help it. That's me. I don't like any fuss and bother, you know. But I suppose I could go, no problem, if I wanted to. Well, I'd have to, wouldn't I? You know, if I come up with a problem I would have to air it like, wouldn't I? But I'm, I'm lucky because I say to my daughter, “Oh, so and so.” “Oh, yes, Mum, yes. I'll get that sorted out for you.” She'll ring the surgery, you see. Save me going out, all the way up in a taxi and all the way back home. She's quite good like that. Or if I have a new pill, you know, and it's made me a bit, you know, iffy, she'll ring the nurse and, or she'll ask her own sister in work. |
