My first experience with the local vårdcentral was of a doctor complaining that I was listed in Bergsjön despite the fact that I had changed to them. Things are not terribly efficient, I suppose. So he said an X-ray would cost him over 1000kr and that I was not getting one. Lovely.

After moving my arm around in various ways which were more violent then yesterday at Sport Rehab, he concluded that nothing was broken but I needed to get rid of the pain. So he suggested a stomach-eating superdose of both Alvedon and Ipren and if that did not work I should take a morphine-like pill and fly around the room for awhile.

He also said that I needed to start moving my arm or else I would be stuck permanently crouched over. Huh? Sounds like something you would use as a threat to a small child. He also seemed to shit on the exercises I got yesterday in that typical 'I am doctor...superior being' way.

Just like everyone said, the first visit is essentially to get drugs. Then they wait and see if things get worse after a week. Then, maybe, you might get to see a specialist sometime in a month.

Has anyone else had a similar experience with vårdcentral? Feel free to comment and complain...