(my health issues 🤝 lab leaving off an ordered test 🤝 nurses' strike 🤝 my specialist doctor on vacation) = badness.

but when that doctor texted that he was on vacation and asked whether I could wait, I rebelled against my default reply and texted back no, I can't wait more.

He called me in between flights! And now we have a planned medication switch that I can implement from here.