2 months to see a primary care physician
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Hope your pecker falls off.
Jk, that's serious stuff I wouldn't wish on anybody, but it'd be kind of funny if your pecker just fell out the bottom of your slacks one day at the water cooler like "welp, would ya look at that. My pecker just died. See ya later".
Jk, that's serious stuff I wouldn't wish on anybody, but it'd be kind of funny if your pecker just fell out the bottom of your slacks one day at the water cooler like "welp, would ya look at that. My pecker just died. See ya later".
It seems this is a regional problem. My parents in Kentucky often have to wait several weeks to get an appointment with their primary care doctor (and, yes, it's usually with a PA, not the doctor).
Out here in southern California, I can get in to see a primary care doctor within two days just about any time I want. But to see a specialist? Usually a two month wait, sometimes three months.
Rural Kentucky has too few primary care docs, and southern California has more than needed. I would imagine that this is an issue around the country - with some regions having too few and other regions having too many.
Out here in southern California, I can get in to see a primary care doctor within two days just about any time I want. But to see a specialist? Usually a two month wait, sometimes three months.
Rural Kentucky has too few primary care docs, and southern California has more than needed. I would imagine that this is an issue around the country - with some regions having too few and other regions having too many.
I'd just use the ER. That's how poors get such timely medical care.
Yep. And it's fascinating how variable it can be. Out here, appointments with Derm, Rheum, and Psych can take >3mos, while ENT and Urology have essentially walk-in availability. I've lived in other places where it's almost the exact opposite (except Psych; that always seems to be understaffed for a variety of reasons)
This is the paddock. I thought everybody had their own concierge doctor.
Between this and the ishy internet service at your parents "second home" you can't catch a break.
I somehow ended up browsing a doctors income forum earlier today. It said that rural doctors earn more than urban doctors They make less on the west coast and northeast because so many doctors want to live there that it drags the earnings they can command down. And just as most doctors prefer to live in larger cities, rural doctors can command more money. I don't know if this is true but it seemed to be the consensus on that forum..
Where i live in SW Florida. I can wake up, call my doctor and usually see him by noon. When we lived in KY if i wanted to see a dermatologist it took about 6 months. Down here i can usually get in within 2 or 3 DAYS
My wife got an appointment with our gp within 3 hours today. I've called before, during flu season, and been told a week so it may just depend on the season.
My in-laws gripe about this but they are hypochondriacs. If my MIL gets a runny nose she will need an emergency appointment with an ENT, an oncologist because it's probably cancer, an appointment with a reconstructive specialist for when the surgeries are complete, and ambulance transportation. She also will probably just go ahead and get a hospital bed and medical equipment on order as well.
My in-laws gripe about this but they are hypochondriacs. If my MIL gets a runny nose she will need an emergency appointment with an ENT, an oncologist because it's probably cancer, an appointment with a reconstructive specialist for when the surgeries are complete, and ambulance transportation. She also will probably just go ahead and get a hospital bed and medical equipment on order as well.
My gastroenterologist here is married to a primary care doctor, and he said she's had a hard time finding a job because there are so many doctors wanting to practice as primary care doctors here. I told him if they moved to Kentucky, she'd be able to find a job no problem!
As one gets older this will change dramatically. Getting old is physically challenging.
Unless he just drops dead one day from the heart disease he's unaware he has because he hasn't been going to a doctor. [winking]
I have VA healthcare, sounds like your *** got in pretty quick son
In that amount of time, you could probably get a medical degree from UNC.
and the best healthcare coverage and the greatest area hospitals and the most kick-*** surgeons on-call .......
2 months for your primary care physician? That's crazy. Here in Louisville it's between 2-3 months for new patients. How long has it been since you last saw your "primary care physician"? If it's been more than 3 years, then they no longer consider you a patient. You start over as a new one, which could explain the long delay.
Also, if you're in Louisville or surrounding areas, you could always go see Doctor Arla. They are same day, walk in appointments as long as you show up by 3:30pm
Also, if you're in Louisville or surrounding areas, you could always go see Doctor Arla. They are same day, walk in appointments as long as you show up by 3:30pm
Meh, try harder. I was pretty sick last month. Hadn't been to see any doctor in 3 years and got in with 4 different doctors in about 3 days. One was walk in care since I have an infant home and didn't want to go around him if I was contagious. 1 was my previous doctor who misdiagnosed me twice. Got referrals for the other 2 and went with the one that could see me first then canceled the other. Didn't find a lot of trouble at all.
Humana, our new provider, is pushing Doctor on Demand app, live facetime with Doctors rather than going into a practice. They can diagnosis and prescribe over the stream. $40. If you're just under the weather might try that.
Humana, our new provider, is pushing Doctor on Demand app, live facetime with Doctors rather than going into a practice. They can diagnosis and prescribe over the stream. $40. If you're just under the weather might try that.
I don't even schedule appointments unless it's something I have to schedule an appointment for, like a surgery. I just go for a walk-in visit or schedule a same-day appointment at another doctor's office in town. The doctor's office that takes walk-ins is a primary care clinic operated by the hospital and they don't turn away people. The one that does same-day appointments is a small private practice for women and families but since families have dudes in them they take me.
A couple years ago when I was having a problem with my toes going numb. Wasn't something that needed immediate attention, but I didn't give an F, just called up the doctor for a same-day appointment (the doctor's office that does walk-ins didn't exist then) and got it checked out. If I had looked to get an actual appointment, who knows how long I would have had to wait.
I was having back problems and went to this same doctor, they don't have an x-ray machine but are across the street from the hospital. So they sent me across street to the hospital to get the x-rays done and I didn't even have to get an appointment. I literally just walked across the street, entered the hospital, got immediately lost because the signage is horrible, found a friend from college that took me directly to where I needed to go, got the x-rays done within 15 minutes after filling out mountains of paperwork. If I would have had to schedule all that **** I would have probably had to wait a while. I thought the doctor at the private practice was shitting me when she told me all I had to do was walk over there to get it done.
A couple years ago when I was having a problem with my toes going numb. Wasn't something that needed immediate attention, but I didn't give an F, just called up the doctor for a same-day appointment (the doctor's office that does walk-ins didn't exist then) and got it checked out. If I had looked to get an actual appointment, who knows how long I would have had to wait.
I was having back problems and went to this same doctor, they don't have an x-ray machine but are across the street from the hospital. So they sent me across street to the hospital to get the x-rays done and I didn't even have to get an appointment. I literally just walked across the street, entered the hospital, got immediately lost because the signage is horrible, found a friend from college that took me directly to where I needed to go, got the x-rays done within 15 minutes after filling out mountains of paperwork. If I would have had to schedule all that **** I would have probably had to wait a while. I thought the doctor at the private practice was shitting me when she told me all I had to do was walk over there to get it done.
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Same here, I can also walk in and see my dr any time I want to without an appointment. He is a throw pillow in my bedroom though.
It's rationing. Call it whatever you want but millions more trying to see the same amount of doctors causes long waits....rationing.
Guess there's only one thing to do....go to the ER, which is what the ACA was supposed to stop.
Guess there's only one thing to do....go to the ER, which is what the ACA was supposed to stop.
Well its also the difference in how populations value their health. I would guess people are more preventative out there and see their doctor less because they monitor things before they get bad, whereas here ppl eat lard, smoke 8 million cigs, don't exercise, then decide after they have diabetes super cancer that it's time for the doctor to use his magical fix me powers.
Yes I guess but, at 58 I probably should be going in at least once a year. I have been battling an Achilles problem for about 5 years now and after seeing 2 doctors about it who could not figure out what the problem is I simply gave up.