I had an interesting morning meeting with a dermatologist from Iran who has been in Poland 20 years and speaks Polish very well. It was just about a small problem, no big deal, just something I wanted taken care of by NFZ while I still have it. NFZ, the national health care system as we know it today, will change drastically in June and I don't know what that will mean for Joan and I, not being Polish citizens.
After that meeting I had to go to the building next door, an orthopedic and rehab. hospital, to put my name on the waiting list for the hand surgery. There were 40 people waiting to register with ONLY one person doing the registration. This was at 9:00 in the morning. It took about 15 minutes for one registration so I wasn't about to wait for the other 39 to finish before it would be my turn. One thing I did learn well when I was in the military is that I absolutely hate waiting.
On the bright side, these two places were on a street I have never been before, 28 June 1956. Yes, that is the name of the street. It is named to remember the date of the Pozna艅 Uprising against the Peoples Republic of Poland, under the control of the Soviet Union. I saw a lot of interesting old buildings as well as new ones. I should go back there and take pictures this summer.
Mia艂em ciekaw膮 porannym spotkaniu z dermatologiem z Iranu, kt贸ry zosta艂 w Polska 20 lat i m贸wi po polsku bardzo dobrze. To by艂 tylko o ma艂y problem, nic wielkiego, po prostu co艣 chcia艂em pod opiek膮 przez NFZ, a ja wci膮偶 mam. NFZ, krajowy system opieki zdrowotnej, jak znamy j膮 dzisiaj, zmieni si臋 drastycznie w czerwcu i nie wiem, co to b臋dzie oznacza膰 dla Joan i ja, nie b臋d膮cych obywatelami polskimi.
Po tym spotkaniu mia艂em uda膰 si臋 do budynku obok, ortopeda i rehabilitacji. szpital, aby umie艣ci膰 swoje nazwisko na li艣cie oczekuj膮cych na chirurgii r臋ki. By艂o 40 os贸b oczekuj膮cych na zarejestrowa膰 si臋 tylko jedna osoba robi rejestracji. By艂o to o godzinie 9:00 rano. Zaj臋艂o to oko艂o 15 minut na jednej rejestracji, wi臋c nie mia艂 zamiaru czeka膰 na drugiej 39, aby zako艅czy膰, zanim b臋dzie to moja kolej. Jedn膮 rzecz膮, jak膮 zrobi艂em uczy膰 dobrze, kiedy by艂em w wojsku jest taka, 偶e ja absolutnie nienawidz臋 czeka膰.
Z drugiej strony, te dwa miejsca by艂y na ulicy nigdy nie by艂em wcze艣niej, 28 czerwca 1956. Tak, to nazwa ulicy. Jej nazwa pochodzi zapami臋ta膰 dat臋 Powstania Pozna艅skiego przeciwko Republice Ludowej w Polsce, pod kontrol膮 Zwi膮zku Radzieckiego. Widzia艂em wiele interesuj膮cych starych budynk贸w, jak i nowych. musz臋 tam wr贸ci膰 i robi膰 zdj臋cia tego lata.
