My mother was asked to do this backwards from 100, subtracting 7 each time, so 93, 86, 79, etc., not forward from ten. Harder to do.
Yes. The doctor doesn't discuss any health issues at these appointments. It just an interview to access current health status.
My doctor addresses any health issues I want to discuss at all visits, regardless of what the appointment is called.
When I try she says, "If you want to be treated for anything, make another appointment."
In that case I'd decline to make wellness appointments, or better yet, find another doctor.
That would be so annoying! Though I think my doctor's office does it too but without expressing it rudely like that, more like - I express concern/ask question, doctor responds oh, yes, [calls in nurse]...tells nurse that we need an appointment set up to check my blah-blah.
My first AWV was a waste of time. The nurse spoke to me for 45 minutes about childproofing my home to "protect myself." She even told me to sit on the edge of the bed when I get dressed so I don't fall. I rode my motorcycle to the appointment so I was not exactly an invalid. She even suggested that I downsize and move into one of the hospital's "cottages." I have to add that at the time I was working full time, teaching at the University and married with 2 businesses.
