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

Wed Nov 27, 2019, 11:59 PM

Nov 2019

about something and beat around the bush until they get up enough guts to ask her, a GP, the embarrasing thing. Does that happen or are people more assertive these days?

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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