The NHS and Opera (really, I am just too lazy to post twice)

I know, there has been some serious debating going on regarding health insurance systems, this year, because of the reforms happening (or not happening? *shrugs*) in the US. I did not join in because

a) I do not understand the American health system. I didn't even when I was attending A US high school and had to take health classes. I just memorised like mad and hoped to put sentences in the right places when it came to exams.

b) As I do not intend to live in America any time soon, this issue is really too complicated and too local to get into right now.

Basically I was just highly amused when somebody (a politician??) stated that, would Stephen Hawking be British and live in the UK, he would not have survived. Well, Stephen Hawking is very English and lives about 20 minutes drive from my home. Last thing I heard, he was still alive.

I am on a repeat prescription for thyroid hormones and managed to remember to bring my prescription to the surgery with adjacent pharmcy in time. I was supposed to pick up my medication on Friday morning.

Then snow happened. About 2.5 centimetres of it and the town went crazy. I was so preoccupied with finding out whether the teachers were braving the weather and coming to work on the last day of school before Christmas break that I completely forgot to pick up my tablets. Only when I was walking past the surgery at 6:30 pm on my way to pick up Tania from the after school club, it hit me that I was out of tablets, the surgery was already closed and I was going to Germany on Sunday!

I panicked slightly, picked up Tania and went straight to the new walk-in health centre that is open until 8 pm every day.

Ten minutes later I was sitting in front of a doctor, who handed me an emergency prescription for the duration of my holiday, told me not to worry, 'these things happen' and sent me off to the late night pharmacy.

Say what you will - the NHS is great!

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On another note, I received a lovely review over on GE reminding me of how much I love opera and how long it's been since I've seen a production.

I called my husband and gave him a not-so-subtle hint that I would love to go to the opera while in Berlin. I hope there are still tickets left. After all, it is Christmas time and people buy tickets as presents AND actually have time to go out.

I would prefer the Unter den Linden Opera House to the Deutsche Oper (don't like their take on stage design) but I will take whatever I can get. La Bohème if I am lucky, The Magic Flute for the fifth time if I am less lucky. At least I could inwardly sing along...

The NHS and Opera (really, I am just too lazy to post twice)

I know, there has been some serious debating going on regarding health insurance systems, this year, because of the reforms happening (or not happening? *shrugs*) in the US. I did not join in because

a) I do not understand the American health system. I didn't even when I was attending A US high school and had to take health classes. I just memorised like mad and hoped to put sentences in the right places when it came to exams.

b) As I do not intend to live in America any time soon, this issue is really too complicated and too local to get into right now.

Basically I was just highly amused when somebody (a politician??) stated that, would Stephen Hawking be British and live in the UK, he would not have survived. Well, Stephen Hawking is very English and lives about 20 minutes drive from my home. Last thing I heard, he was still alive.

I am on a repeat prescription for thyroid hormones and managed to remember to bring my prescription to the surgery with adjacent pharmcy in time. I was supposed to pick up my medication on Friday morning.

Then snow happened. About 2.5 centimetres of it and the town went crazy. I was so preoccupied with finding out whether the teachers were braving the weather and coming to work on the last day of school before Christmas break that I completely forgot to pick up my tablets. Only when I was walking past the surgery at 6:30 pm on my way to pick up Tania from the after school club, it hit me that I was out of tablets, the surgery was already closed and I was going to Germany on Sunday!

I panicked slightly, picked up Tania and went straight to the new walk-in health centre that is open until 8 pm every day.

Ten minutes later I was sitting in front of a doctor, who handed me an emergency prescription for the duration of my holiday, told me not to worry, 'these things happen' and sent me off to the late night pharmacy.

Say what you will - the NHS is great!

***

On another note, I received a lovely review over on GE reminding me of how much I love opera and how long it's been since I've seen a production.

I called my husband and gave him a not-so-subtle hint that I would love to go to the opera while in Berlin. I hope there are still tickets left. After all, it is Christmas time and people buy tickets as presents AND actually have time to go out.

I would prefer the Unter den Linden Opera House to the Deutsche Oper (don't like their take on stage design) but I will take whatever I can get. La Bohème if I am lucky, The Magic Flute for the fifth time if I am less lucky. At least I could inwardly sing along...