I was 10 minutes late to my appointment and was turned away

TW: TTC/female health related things

My heart was already in two because I just dropped off my screaming 2-year old daughter at my neighbor’s house so I could go to a 8:45am doctor appointment. This was an emergency-ish appointment because I’ve been experiencing a heavy and irregularly long cycle and I needed some answers.

So my head already felt fuzzy and frazzled as I pulled out of their driveway and made my way to where I thought the appointment was.. then I realized I was going to the wrong location, and the real location was right back where I started from, just 2 minutes from my house. I was going to be up to 10 minutes late, so I called the doctor’s office to let them know.

An AI Assistant named Lisa or something answered the phone and replied in her robotic voice: “If you are 10 minutes late, please still come in and we will try to see you. If you are past 15 minutes, we will ask you to reschedule.”

I pulled in a spot and literally ran inside, up the elevator, and down the hallway. I tried to check in at 8:54am for my 8:45am appointment and that’s where they said.. we can’t see you. I couldn’t help it but I stepped outside and I cried, like not cute crying but panic attack crying.