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14. I do that for my annual Medicare check up

Wed Nov 27, 2019, 12:45 AM

Nov 2019

Anything else is treated whenever it reaches a critical state and I have to make a special appointment for it.

Of course, over the last twenty years about half of my appointments other than the annual visits have been follow ups after surgeries.

Now the list of things the doctor needs to make sure is OK gets longer every year. Getting old sucks.

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"Oh, one more thing!" The phrase every medical provider dreads. [View all] Aristus Nov 2019 OP

So, I am paying for an allotted time slot, NOT Ferrets are Cool Nov 2019 #1

Many clinics are now giving their doctors 10 minutes per patient Iwasthere Nov 2019 #3

I take exception to the assertion that Big Pharma owns most medical providers. Aristus Nov 2019 #6

maybe not, but lets not forget getagrip_already Nov 2019 #7

That, I agree with. Aristus Nov 2019 #8

Nowadays, most docs are careful with prescriptions. The health plan gets on their ass, Hoyt Nov 2019 #11

Not sure that's 100% true ... I'd bet $$$ a shit-ton of OC's were diverted before even mr_lebowski Nov 2019 #26

Our schedules are formatted in fifteen-minute slots. But there is some fluidity in there, as well. Aristus Nov 2019 #4

My crappy insurance Ohiogal Nov 2019 #9

I'd give anything for us to have a single-payer health insurance system like every other Aristus Nov 2019 #10

You and me, both, Aristus. Ohiogal Nov 2019 #13

Ain't that the truth. hunter Nov 2019 #16

That is how they like to treat poor people RandiFan1290 Nov 2019 #15

I learned a long time ago.. MicaelS Nov 2019 #2

Yes, I write everything on a note card, whether it's for the doctor, the vet, or the furnace guy. Midnight Writer Nov 2019 #12

I do that for my annual Medicare check up csziggy Nov 2019 #14

YES! Lulu KC Nov 2019 #27

That is why I carry a list of every surgery I've had and condition I'm being treated for csziggy Nov 2019 #34

I never feel hurried by my Dr. gibraltar72 Nov 2019 #5

Oh, one more thing Major Nikon Nov 2019 #17

If it was normal, you wouldn't have brought it up, would you? Aristus Nov 2019 #18

You'd think they would teach that in primary school Major Nikon Nov 2019 #20

I'm guilty of doing this to... my veterinarian. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #19

Did that today to my Dr. My mom used to say sometimes people come in and are embarrassed applegrove Nov 2019 #21

Your mom has a point. Odd story - one of my colleagues was scheduled to see a... 3catwoman3 Nov 2019 #24

I never got that much detail. But i am amazed at the computers doctors have applegrove Nov 2019 #25

Ah, yes, the "By the way, as long as we're here..." 3catwoman3 Nov 2019 #22

That is Reason #1,245,718 for why I no longer see pediatric patients. Aristus Nov 2019 #23

Easy to get frustrated, but it's often not their fault. Jirel Nov 2019 #30

The vast majority of our sick appointments.. 3catwoman3 Nov 2019 #31

Yeah, I've had patients hit me with multiple complaints, then ask: "How long is this going to take?" Aristus Nov 2019 #36

Guilty Lulu KC Nov 2019 #28

I'm not sympathetic at all to be this. Jirel Nov 2019 #29

Unfortunately,I don't have control over my schedule. Aristus Nov 2019 #37

ALL bleeding stops eventually Saboburns Nov 2019 #32

It sounds like SOMEbody's trying to put one over on Lt. Columbo. n/ t sl8 Nov 2019 #33

So, if I have 3-4 medical issues I need addressed by my doctor, I should enumerate them all stopbush Nov 2019 #35

If a patient tells me when I walk in the door that they have several issues to discuss, Aristus Nov 2019 #38

I make a lot of appnts for our physicians. Laffy Kat Nov 2019 #39

Yeah, I get that a lot. Aristus Nov 2019 #40