Group Health which I go to also. So glad this is the direction we are going instead of single payer health. Cause with single payer health we might run into waiting lists and red tape.
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Typo Boy - Nov 29, 2011 7:43:24 am PST #3536 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
le nubian - Nov 29, 2011 7:46:31 am PST #3537 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Hil,
what you might want to do if you haven't already, is see if you can get on a first available waiting list with the specialist. Sometimes openings show up and they call you to see if you can make it.
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2011 7:49:03 am PST #3538 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
With my doctors I have to call them periodically to see if anything's opened up, but when it's important, it's worth it.
Which is reminding me, I really need to talk to my doctor. Dammit. I am beginning to despise my to do list.
Connie Neil - Nov 29, 2011 9:00:50 am PST #3539 of 30001
brillig
(along with Keiser Permanente, Intermountain, and the Mayo Clinic)
Intermountain, as in Intermountain Healthcare in Utah? Wow, that's my health system! Many of the people who make the "Yes, that's covered" decision should be staked out over red ant hills, but I love 99.5% of the doctors and nurses we've worked with. Then again, that might be because the Cardiac Care Unit was seeing us so often for a while that they sent us Christmas cards signed by staff whose names I recognized.
Cass - Nov 29, 2011 9:18:47 am PST #3540 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
didn't Cass get it and cough forever?
For.Ever.
I was just thinking this morning that I was glad I recently updated my tetanus vaccine (it was easier to get the DTP combo than a single and, because no one could tell me for sure that having pertussis meant building your own immunity for x years, I had no compelling reason not to have them all) because I moved a picture to clean it and the wall yesterday and gashed my hand on one of the nails. But also because I never want to go through whooping cough again. That was rough.
Hil R. - Nov 29, 2011 9:21:30 am PST #3541 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yep, intermountain in Utah. I've seen several articles that looked at the cardiac unit in particular (along with neonatal and something else I can't remember right now) as a model of good healthcare management, from both a patient outcome and a cost perspective. There was a really interesting article in the ny times a few years ago. I'm on my iPad now and can't link, but it should be easy to find with search.
Shir - Nov 29, 2011 9:25:14 am PST #3542 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Hello.
I took a sick day today. I'm very much behind with tons of things, but it's a sick day, so screw that.
I can't even deal with the idea of an ill person having to wait for WEEKS to see a doctor.
Sounds like our (collapsing) universal health system. We have strikes every other day, and not enough doctors and nurses. I'm still waiting to see an eye doctor. He's no specialist, and I have to wait about two months to see him.
ION. Thinking, seriously, if I should emigrate to another place this summer (and if the little experiment we call a country here won't collapse by then. New bills and laws are frightening). I'd like to leave with the MLIS to make transition easier, but I'm not too sure I'll have the luxury of time with the power driven maniacs in charge.
Scrappy - Nov 29, 2011 9:29:18 am PST #3543 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My DH's blood doctor's office called and said his tests had come back and it was "urgent" that he come in for an appointment. He got there at 11 for his appointment yesterday. He was the fifth scheduled appointment of the day, the waiting room was so full that it had no seats available--and the doctor wasn't even THERE yet. Who schedules appointments and then doesn't even come in? He rescheduled for today.
Shir - Nov 29, 2011 9:30:24 am PST #3544 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Caught up a bit (skimmed about 70 posts).
{{{{Askye}}}} I'm so, so sorry.
Dana, much, much ~ma for your grandmother, for you and your family.
Hill, I hope you'd feel better or that a solution will pop out soon. It is frustrating.
If I left anyone out of it, you do have my ~mas. I miss this place, so much.
meara - Nov 29, 2011 9:41:33 am PST #3545 of 30001
That's a little bizarre, Scrappy--especially for an "urgent" appointment!! You'd think they'd try to schedule him in with another doc or something. I'd figure that the doc had some kind of emergency (either personal like "my car broke down on the highway and I'll be there as soon as I can" or "I'm in the hospital with a patient and will be there once they're stabilized" or something), but you'd think they could have an ETA or cancel some appointments or whatever. (ETA: I of course hope that they're overreacting and your husband is really fine!!!)