France in Focus

Posted: **Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:07 am**

We spent well over half an hour yesterday trying to get onto Doctolib to book our 3rd vaccinations but, unsurprisingly, the site was saturated.
However ..... OH had a waking moment at 4am and decided to give it another go and got on immediately ... only to find that the centre where we work isn't open at the moment for bookings for the dates we want

It will be open "prochainement" ...

So, if you want to get onto Doctolib, set your alarm for some ungodly hour and you'll have no problem

Posted: **Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:04 am**

At 4am you could have bagged a few Black Friday bargains to boot.

Posted: **Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:09 am**

@niemeyjt

Posted: **Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:50 am**

I'm surprised that in these "PC" times they are still allowed to use the term "black".

Posted: **Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:54 am**

Managed to pop into our local Maison Medicale this morning, on our way to the dechetterie. Thankfully no-one else there I was looking like a right Dbnshire Farmer's Wife - wellies and thick coat, all that was missing was the binder twine around the waist!

The lovely Receptionist made a RDV for my Moderna Booster with Doc for mid December. She was training a young'un, and was even able to call up my name without my asking. I'm not sure if that's a good thing, or bad that she knows my name!

We don't have Doctolib here.

Posted: **Fri Nov 26, 2021 1:42 pm**

Bayleaf wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:54 am Managed to pop into our local Maison Medicale this morning, on our way to the dechetterie. Thankfully no-one else there I was looking like a right Dbnshire Farmer's Wife - wellies and thick coat, all that was missing was the binder twine around the waist!

The lovely Receptionist made a RDV for my Moderna Booster with Doc for mid December. She was training a young'un, and was even able to call up my name without my asking. I'm not sure if that's a good thing, or bad that she knows my name!

We don't have Doctolib here.

Doctolib is an internet thing so surely there is no 'here'.

Posted: **Fri Nov 26, 2021 1:45 pm**

Not everything is on Doctolib : Mammograms at our local imagery centre have to be done by phone, although things might have changed since my last booking.

Posted: **Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:16 pm**

Doctolib : Prenez rendez-vous en ligne chez un professionnel de santé
https://www.doctolib.fr/
doctolib is a french internet domaine.
Thus available "here" ici en france.
Not "there" en Angleterre.

Posted: **Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:26 pm**

Blaze wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 1:45 pmMammograms at our local imagery centre have to be done by phone, although things might have changed since my last booking.

How do you do a mammogram by phone?

Posted: **Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:37 pm**

@niemeyjt

Ohh you're such a wag