5 minute freewrite 2344 prompt hyena arena

This is my post for #freewriters 2344 prompt hyena arena hosted by @mariannewest

I saw the Orthopaedic Surgeon today for the pain in my hand. When we pulled into the parking lot and saw the size of it and the building, I told my husband, well this looks like it is going to be a hyena arena. I had looked at the prompt before going there but he had no idea why I said that but got a kick out of it. The building was so big that I could not get it all in the picture from where we were parked.

When I went inside and saw the waiting area, I was in shock, I had never seen one that big. I live in a double wide trailer and you could put at least 2 and a half of them inside the waiting area and it was almost full of people waiting to be seen.

I waited my turn in line to check in, once I got to the receptionist, she checked me in and gave me a pager, she said to take a seat, and when it was my turn the pager would light up and vibrate when it did this come back here and someone will take me to a room.

After waiting about a half hour the pager did as she said and I met a nice young lady that said to follow her. We walked and walked, I told her that she needed roller skates, and she said that would be fun then she said, I should get a pair of those shoes that kids used to wear with the wheels in them. The doctor came in and talked with me for 2 minutes and said someone would be in to take me to get x-rays of my hand. Now I am walking down another long hallway.

After getting the x-ray and walking back to the room the doctor came back in and started telling me he is a surgeon, that is what he loves to do, this is not what I want to hear. I will try to explain the x-ray of my hand, he says see this gap where my wrist is located, I say yes, he says the gap is the cartridge, that is supposed to be there, now see the white spots above it in the center and up to the left, I said yes, and he said that is where the cartridge should be, you have bone on bone in those places. This is why I have so much pain every time I move my hand.

He talked some more about how he loves to do surgery but he will give me a brace to wear and some meds to take, and he wants to see me again in 4 weeks. I am sure to discuss surgery on it. If I let him do the surgery, I am afraid I will be out for the entire trout season, but if I let him do it maybe I will be able to fish pompano this fall. I am going to need to think about this.
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