At the Doc's office

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rgp

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Milford,OH
Went to the doc yesterday.

Is it just me ? Or do others feel very rushed @ the doc's ? And of course the room is down this hall......two miles long. Then lets go down this hall, another mile to the scale. Then take this to the Lab, another mile & a half walk. Then back to checkout.....and finally out the door.............yes I know I exaggerated....but you get my point. And the "nurse" walks way ahead and acts annoyed when you finally catch up with her.

I felt like i was in a damn marathon ..................and glad to get back to my truck.

The whole trip was exactly one hour, from home & back.....and that includes light traffic, & a stop at the drive through mini-mart.
 

Walking is good for everyone. Unfortunately, I'm seeing more & more urbanites using those motor scoters at Wally Mart, etc. Sometimes, this is because the person failed to walk & exercise when they were younger & now they are paying the price. I guess, I'm lucky. I walk outside 6 days/week & do exercises 5 days/week. This morning I was up at 3.30 AM. I made 2 long trips to the basement of our condo complex & loaded the car with boxes & bags. I will be 74 this spring. Like I said, I'm lucky. I believe in the old adage, "Use it or Lose it". Good luck with that doctor. Trouble is with our society is that everyone is being brain washed to rush, rush & rush & multi-task all the time. I believe in KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid. It's a lot better for your physical & mental health.
 
Here the maximum length of time for an appointment with an NHS GP is 10 minutes and if that isn't fast enough, we're restricted to mentioning only one problem at a time..if we have to talk about another then we have to make another appointment, which in this area means a minimum 3 week wait, sometimes 4... and very often not the same doctor.

It's more than annoying because often the doctor would be able to diagnose more correctly if they could hear that there's more than one malady occurring.... which may point to a quicker and more correct diagnosis

I've just looked online at my doctors surgery and there's no appointments available for the next 6 weeks.. and this is a practice with 4 doctors and a locum
 
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rgp that was funny --know what you mean -ours is a clinic we go too--
must pass enough doors to get to his -more doors than the whitehouse lol..
then I get all up tight' and so up go the bp cant win ……
 
The ten minute NHS rule was axed a few years ago although probably some doctors may still stick to it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24959626 I'm very fortunate that my doctors practice never followed it anyway and so far I have never had a problem with getting a quick appointment. I have nothing but praise for the doctor I am registered with as when my husband was in the last stages of cancer he gave me his mobile phone number and told me that if I ever needed him I was to phone him direct.
 
hollydolly said:
Here the maximum length of time for an appointment with an NHS GP is 10 minutes and if that isn't fast enough, we're restricted to mentioning only one problem at a time..if we have to talk about another then we have to make another appointment, which in this area means a minimum 3 week wait, sometimes 4... and very often not the same doctor.

It's more than annoying because often the doctor would be able to diagnose more correctly if they could hear that there's more than one malady occurring.... which may point to a quicker and more correct diagnosis

I've just looked online at my doctors surgery and there's no appointments available for the next 6 weeks.. and this is a practice with 4 doctors and a locum
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Sorry to hear the bad news. Seems to me that the doctors are being forced to deal with their patients on an assembly line format. Too bad because I have had a different experience with doctors in Namibia, Africa, Spain & Mexico. There the doctors have spent anywhere from 1/2 hour to 45 minutes doing a very complete examination. I never had medical insurance at all. In Spain the service was free. In Namibia, I paid a small cash fee. In Mexico I paid $80 Canadian ($60 US). Here the doctor drain the pus from my knee because I have fallen down having slipped on those darn lime spits the Mexicans love to spit on the sidewalks. We love our doctor here in Canada. We spend about a 1/2 hour with him asking for a prescription, discussing our health & sometimes "shooting the breeze" about our travels or his travels. Bloody Good Chap, I say!
 
Packerjohn said:
Sorry to hear the bad news. Seems to me that the doctors are being forced to deal with their patients on an assembly line format. Too bad because I have had a different experience with doctors in Namibia, Africa, Spain & Mexico. There the doctors have spent anywhere from 1/2 hour to 45 minutes doing a very complete examination. I never had medical insurance at all. In Spain the service was free. In Namibia, I paid a small cash fee. In Mexico I paid $80 Canadian ($60 US). Here the doctor drain the pus from my knee because I have fallen down having slipped on those darn lime spits the Mexicans love to spit on the sidewalks. We love our doctor here in Canada. We spend about a 1/2 hour with him asking for a prescription, discussing our health & sometimes "shooting the breeze" about our travels or his travels. Bloody Good Chap, I say!
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I know all about Spain. I have a second home there., and lived there full time for 10 years.. and my daughter also lives in Spain (albeit a different part)... Spanish medical is free as long as you have an NIE number otherwise you have to pay, although as a European visitor or holidaymaker as long as we have the E111 medical card it entitles British visitors to free treatment at a Spanish doctor surgery or hospital and the NHS picks up the tab.. ,,

but the private medical is very affordable for residents . My daughter pays 600 euros per year..yep, that's right , per annum, for her Private medical Insurance, and the treatment is brilliant when needed, and she has had to use it for several serious issues over the years ... . I have to say that the equivalent medical cover here would cost her double that in premiums per month.,..and then some for surgeries...

I'd love to have your Canadian doctors.. that's how our doctors used to be... but not in the last few years since the huge influx of migrants have arrived and our infrastructure can't cope. ..
 
hollydolly said:
Here the maximum length of time for an appointment with an NHS GP is 10 minutes and if that isn't fast enough, we're restricted to mentioning only one problem at a time..if we have to talk about another then we have to make another appointment, which in this area means a minimum 3 week wait, sometimes 4... and very often not the same doctor.

It's more than annoying because often the doctor would be able to diagnose more correctly if they could hear that there's more than one malady occurring.... which may point to a quicker and more correct diagnosis

I've just looked online at my doctors surgery and there's no appointments available for the next 6 weeks.. and this is a practice with 4 doctors and a locum
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That is what they CLAIM how Medicare For All will be if we ever get it. I don't know how true it is, or if they're just trying to scare us. I sure wish I didn't have to pay so much for health insurance, but I like the fact I can choose my doctors and don't have to wait a long time for an appt.
 
hollydolly said:
I know all about Spain. I have a second home there., and lived there full time for 10 years.. and my daughter also lives in Spain (albeit a different part)... Spanish medical is free as long as you have an NIE number otherwise you have to pay, although as a European visitor or holidaymaker as long as we have the E111 medical card it entitles British visitors to free treatment at a Spanish doctor surgery or hospital and the NHS picks up the tab.. ,,

but the private medical is very affordable for residents . My daughter pays 600 euros per year..yep, that's right , per annum, for her Private medical Insurance, and the treatment is brilliant when needed, and she has had to use it for several serious issues over the years ... . I have to say that the equivalent medical cover here would cost her double that in premiums per month.,..and then some for surgeries...

I'd love to have your Canadian doctors.. that's how our doctors used to be... but not in the last few years since the huge influx of migrants have arrived and our infrastructure can't cope. ..
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I will try not to make this sound political, since we are not suppose to discuss politics, but we can't take in all the people of this world. There are over 8 billion now & still growing daily. As much as I love the UK, the English culture, the pubs, history, etc. you must remember that all of the UK is an island. Bill Bryson wrote a book I read a few years ago called "Notes From A Small Island". With that in mind there is only so much room. However, there is a vast difference between life in "jolly ole'" London & Newquay, Cornwall. You can say the same thing about Cardiff, Wales, or Edinburgh, Scotland or Dublin; if you like.
 
LOL>; not for one second could I forget that we are an Island, it's my constant Mantra . No-one could forget we're a small Island, we're surrounded by water for one, and we're overcrowded for another, our infrastructure can't take any more..... from Scotland to Cornwall, tofrom Wales to Northern Ireland, we're Full...

..and with the latest headlines today from over the pond there's a likelihood we'll get even more asylum seekers sailing over European waters looking for a place to stay.

I
...and with that, here endeth any more discussion with regard politics ..

Incidentally I';m a Bill Bryson fan.. always have been, but notes from a small Island is based on half truths, and Artistic licence, very much so, even back in the 70's when he arrived here.. so most of it to be taken with a large grain of salt... :D
 
rgp said:
Went to the doc yesterday.

Is it just me ? Or do others feel very rushed @ the doc's ? And of course the room is down this hall......two miles long. Then lets go down this hall, another mile to the scale. Then take this to the Lab, another mile & a half walk. Then back to checkout.....and finally out the door.............yes I know I exaggerated....but you get my point. And the "nurse" walks way ahead and acts annoyed when you finally catch up with her.

I felt like i was in a damn marathon ..................and glad to get back to my truck.

The whole trip was exactly one hour, from home & back.....and that includes light traffic, & a stop at the drive through mini-mart.
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Anymore it takes an hr or more around here to get out of the drs office.
 
terry123 said:
I can't walk that far so they let me use one of their WC's to g from the office to the lab.
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At my Doc's place, they do the same. BUT the wheelchair won't fit in the cubicle sized rooms.
BTW. The worst words to hear when your at the Doc's are " The doctor will be right in". Yeah. you might as well buy another birthday candle for your cake, because it's gong to be awhile.
 
Last time I had a colonoscopy, the doc was supposedly tied up with an emergency and I had to wait most of the afternoon for the procedure. Once in a while I'd see a short guy dressed all in one color, brown, wandering around in the hall. I figured he was the janitor. Turns out it was my doctor wearing the same shade of brown pants, shirt and tie. Ugh, I wanted to strangle him.
 
The worst words to hear when your at the Doc's are " The doctor will be right in".
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Fuzzybuddy, I've learned to always bring something to read, and keep it clutched in my tight little fist until the doctor actually makes his promised appearance.
 
I've set up doctor's appointments for hubby & I in August.
Not looking forward to seeing either his doctor or the nurse practitioner I go to.

We'll need blood work before then.
To enter the hospital need mask,, wash hands ,, perhaps temperature taken,, before we can present our health care cards.

Already they are back to canceling elective surgeries.
 

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