We were confused about the fasting glucose test because although the doctor had told us that T needed a non-priority ticket*, the paperwork that he had been given to take with him mentioned that patients having glucose tests needed an appointment. T decided to follow what the doctor advised and attended the hospital the following morning for the test.
We dropped B off at my mum's house (she looks after him for some of the time while T and I go to work), and arrived at the hospital at about 08:30. Surprisingly to us, there were already about 25 people ahead of T in the queue.
The fasting glucose test required T to refrain from eating anything for a number of hours before the test, but he could still drink water. We did wonder whether he would have to drink a glucose solution and have his blood taken a second time, but apparently that is a glucose tolerance test, not a fasting glucose test. That is the test that would have needed an appointment.
Anyway, T was seen relatively quickly, and we both went off to work.
*Our local hospital has a machine that dishes out tickets to those waiting to be spiked in much the same way that ticket machines dish out tickets at delicatessens to those waiting to purchase cheese.
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