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I wonder what made me think that sat is a good time to go to the polyclinic. the opening hours are from 8am to 12.30pm. I reached the place at 8.45am and even before i got out of the taxi (yes, i took a cab, got no idea how to reach the place via MRT), i saw a long queue snaking out of tthe building.

woah, i didn;t know that many people go to polyclincs - i've always visited pte doctors. ok, i resigned myself to the long wait. Ok a side point which i think is funny.The queue was kinda funny - it stuck straight out in a straight line from the registration desk - and right out of the building into the rain (there was a slight drizzle) - i don;t understand why people were queuing in the rain when they could have moved sideways and took shelter under the corridor instead. that's singaporean for you.

As i was in the rain, i wondered if i should say something, but then fortunately the queue moved forward, and i got out of the rain. I turned backwards to see if anyone would move sideways out of the rain - but no, instead i saw a couple of umbrellas being opened.

well singaporeans.anyways, the queue (i thought it was for registration but no, it's pre-registration) - took about 15 min and i passed my IC to the lady and got a number. i looked at the number i am holding on to and the one that is flashing n the disply and i freaked out. i'm like 200 numbers behind.I managed to snag a corner chair while resigning myself to the wait. Thank goodness i got a trusty novel with me. As i read my book, i did some people watching and there are loads of new borns (crying babies) around. what an irony.

Ok, while i try to concentrate on my book, the numbers went flashing by and surprisingly within 45min, i got registered. by then it was almost 10am. that was a painless process.

now as i waited to see the doctor - there's a board that says it takes an hr and 4 min - why the precision, i'm so amazed. and that estimated time doesn't change at all.

so i settled down to wait and inbetween there was some drama going on with other people who were seeing the doc as well. oh well it puts for interesting reading, but not now. ( never got round to writing abt it - oh nvm)

i watch the numbers jump and noticed that each consultation didn't take more than 15 min max. and the queue numbers jump like 8 to 10 numbers each time. i was thinking like not too bad, it's going to my turn soon - perhaps within the 1 hr and 4 min promised at registration.

almost to 1hr and 4 min, my number flashed and i finally saw the doctor. a young lady, she sounded like she's from the philipines, OK, a foreign talent. :P i got nothing against foreign talent but surely there are enough doctors to go round in Singapore? - loads of kids out there wanted to be doctors.anyways back to the topic, I told her that i wanted a second opinion since i've been diagnosed with having PCOS a couple of years back and treatment at a pte clinic has not brought any results as i have not concieved since trying for a baby for 1 yr and a half.Guess what, the next question she asked was ' when did you get married?' - now that was a bummer question. We gotten married about 4 mths ago. Eh, i got nothing against pre marital sex but duhz, need i spell it out in black and white? btw She asked this question twice.

anyways, the next thing she asked was if i ever was pregnant - she asked this twice as well. and this was AFTER i explained that the pte doc said it's unliekly i can concieve due to PCOS.I'm just thankful that there was no physical examination.She wrote me a referral letter and asked me which hospital i prefer. Eh, KKH? isn't that where these sort of matters are sent to? or is there another women's specilaist hopsital around that i'm not aware of?i got the letter and was sent with a patient clinic assistant to make an appointment. She pointed me out to where i could get a seat. i figured that it's going to be another long wait. in 20 min time, i heard my name being called and finally managed to see someone who can get me a appointment.

that 20 min was rather interesting actually, i overheard a conversation between two ladies in their early thirites - well aunties, conversing in Mandarin about the inefficiency of the system. Evidently one of the ladies had to go for a blood test and a scan but she had her blood test done and told to see the doctor, after waiting ages to see the doc, she was told by the doc to go get a scan at another place, and had to wait for another appt. and after she got an appt, she had to go for the scan and the results will be sent to this doc. So she came back to see the doctor and was told that she had to make another appt to get another scan. and that's why she's waiting to get another appt.Sounds confusing? it sure is for me. and you know what, it's one and a half month since that first blood test.

I sure hope that whatever she's suffering from doesn't spread fast, in one and a hlaf months, a patient could be dead by then.anyways, after 20 min or so, my name was called out and someone helped me make an appointment for 2 weeks later with the fertility clinic in KKH.

I'm so eagerly waiting for the appointment. not.