Ginette called to see a doctor in January – no reply until April.
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I have a doctor in, here that I maybe see once or twice a year if I’m lucky. When I call her I can never get her because she’s so busy, so, so busy. I have called in January because I was pretty sick with something going on, and then she called me back in April while I was in Florida. So [laughs] my problem was long gone. I took care of it myself from talking to my friend or family that are helpful.
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