Yesterday I encountered the rude receptionist from Hell. I *finally* had enough of the pain, so I called my doctor - the Rhematoid specialist. I told his receptionist who I was and what I needed... telling her what an incredible amount of pain I was in. She proceeded to tell me that the next available opening was November 30. I then added that the doctor instructed me to come in if I had a flare up, she ignored me. I told her that I already had my 6 month follow up scheduled for Oct 18... she said "Well, I suggest you keep that one then and not take the Nov 30" DUH. I asked again if there was *any* way to get me in. She said "No, you can call back tomorrow and each day after that to see if there was a cancellation." I very sarcastically said "Thank you soooo much." and slammed the phone down. This morning, I decided I was ready for a fight with this bitch... but as she answered the phone, I (very nicely!) told her who I was, and reminded her that I'd called yesterday. Then I told her, "I need you to pull my chart, and verify that the doctor told me that I needed to come in for more blood tests when my RA flared." I was on hold for about 5 minutes, then she came back on the line and said, "He can see you at 10:20 tomorrow." Woohoo! Success!!!