time for some whining now that I am here!

[Shauna 0]

Well, its all been going pretty well so far until...

I got a letter in the mail telling me that my Ontario driver's license was suspended for medical reasons....

Long story short, I was sent to a neurologist by an ENT because I was having sinus problems, and he got all into the fact that I had fainted 2 times in the last year ( I am not a fainter btw). This was back in May. Apparently they are legally obligated to report this to the Ministry of Transport, which I totally understand. Great. Too bad he wasn't obligated to tell me he was going to do that, I was driving 2 hours a day to and from work for the next month with no one mentioning to me that I shouldn't be driving. Note - I have only fainted at night after leaping out of bed from a profound sleep, and running upstairs. Oh, and drinking too much wine and doing the same. /sigh

So I get here, I am driving around tra la la, I had gotten my driver's abstract before I left ( which I would like to add was dated AFTER the letter of medical suspension and no where on it does it say anything like that...) and was literally on my way to the driver's license place down here when I checked my mail box and there was the letter of suspension. Well, that puts a kink on things. Means I can't drive my fiance's son anywhere, I can't take my wedding cake in today to get it iced... I could go on. I left a message for the neurologist yesterday and just spoke to him this morning. What a moron. He didn't seem to appreciate that I understand completely that they don't want me to drive. What I DON'T appreciate is that he didn't tell me that at the appointment in May! He wasn't exactly dismissive at the appointment, but I didn't get the feeling I was in any danger and I told him I was moving to the States and he said oh well just see a neurologist when you get there, have them contact the ENT and the info will be in your file... he should have said and oh you shouldn't be DRIVING!

Anyway I kissed up to the doc, he told me he was familiar with these letters and it should be easy to fix, and I will be on my fiance's insurance and its a good kind, so I should be able to get the required tests quickly. How it will work with the Ontario government in terms of how long the processing takes, and how long it takes for the driver's people here to get their information, I don't know. ARRGGGHHH!!!!!