JUST out the shower when the phone rings – it’s the hospital in Glasgow telling me I have a phone appointment with the consultant who sent me for an MRI scan last month. It’s not until the end of October!

I have some medical forms that I need to send to an insurer and there’s a question/section about cancer/tumours etc and it’s already overdue so I’m kinda in a bit of a quandary.

The ultrasound, referral to a consultant and subsequent MRI scan all happened pretty quick – in the space of just a few weeks – so I’m at a bit of a loss why I’m to be kept waiting for the best part of two months, especially when the MRI report was filed with the consultant on 12 September.

I explain I’m not so much anxious about my health (possibly a little naively)...but I urgently need to sort out these insurance forms and really need some info ASAP….ideally now.

The secretary suggests I call outpatient appointments but they re unable to help. I call our surgery nd explain the issue and the receptionist says she’ll try and find out what may or may not be able to be done.

This rigmarole tales up most of the morning then I head to the studio and get my guitar and stuff to take to school, have an early lunch hen head for Balloch.

Once I’m done with the kids I pick up some shopping then home.

I have a guitar student at the house then we wander along to Betty’s – she got out of hospital yesterday…