Dante's Tenth Circle of Hell

Two weeks ago I got a referral to Dr. Loomba to go have "nerve root injections" to try to numb my spine. Today I got confirmation that my "referral" was approved- only it was to a Dr Park and for a "consult" visit only and the soonest I can go is in two weeks. Frustrated, I called Choice Medical to find out why my referral for nerve root injections turned into a consult with a different doctor. I was told to call my doctor to get "medical direction." I said, only mildly annoyed, that I didn't need medical "direction," I needed to know why Loomba is suddenly being spelled Park and an injection turned into a consult. The answer was pretty much that going directly to nerve root injections would be too efficient and so I now must go through at least two more referral processes before I could possibly get to nerve root injection. I responded by not crying and saying that I understood that I was in referral hell, to which the lady offered, "Yes, you are."