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l10f
United States3241 Posts
So I went to a dermatologist today, because I had a rash on my leg. It was so itchy that I couldn't sleep last night and it was near bleeding because I was scratching it so much.
I had an appointment for 3:00 PM. So I promptly left at 2:30 so I could make it there on time. I arrived at 2:56, filled out the papers, and expected to get it over with quickly, and go back home to spam TL.
I waited...
and waited...
until 4:10 when they called my name. The nurse led me to a room and asked me a few questions. "Doctor will be with you in a bit". I waited for another 20 minutes when the doctor came in. He asked me where it was, and I showed him my leg.
He felt it once, looked it at for 5 seconds, and said "I don't know why it's like that, but I'll give you something to try anyway." He prescribed something to put on there and left. I was charged $110 for 30 seconds of visit, not finding out what was wrong, and waiting 2 hours. Plus, the thing he prescribed cost another $30.
I was really pissed off and I went KFC. Damned good chicken. I don't know why there aren't that many KFC's in NY/NJ area anymore, they all closed down  .
Anyway, I got home and started making random posts on TL and playing isketch.
I'm pissed off about the doctor but with KFC and Mountain Dew, I can put up with most things 
This too
Cheers.
  
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United States11390 Posts
That person disgusts me.
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american healthcare
come north! you'll wait longer but you *might* actually have a decent consultation ><
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I wish you well (especially because you translated the upmagic + leta interview <3 )
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Yeah same thing happened to me for a checkup, did the medication work?
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l10f
United States3241 Posts
On September 23 2009 12:03 GreEny K wrote:
Yeah same thing happened to me for a checkup, did the medication work?
idk yet
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Sounds like a shitty day.
I feel for ya man
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At least he was honest. He can't tell you what it is unless he knows what it is.
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On September 23 2009 12:25 FirstProbe wrote:
At least he was honest. He can't tell you what it is unless he knows what it is.
I'm sure the doctor could've called another person or osmething
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United States24698 Posts
This experience sounds worse than stuff I've had to deal with, but still seems very annoying. Did you pay that out of pocket or was there medical insurance covering it in part? What about for the medication?
BTW NEVER assume you will leave a doctor's office quickly lol
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l10f
United States3241 Posts
On September 23 2009 12:45 micronesia wrote:
This experience sounds worse than stuff I've had to deal with, but still seems very annoying. Did you pay that out of pocket or was there medical insurance covering it in part? What about for the medication?
BTW NEVER assume you will leave a doctor's office quickly lol
No insurance
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I once waited 5 hours in the waiting room, then 1 hour in the doctor's office for 2 bottles of medicine. Health care sucks everywhere....
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United States24698 Posts
On September 23 2009 12:49 l10f wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2009 12:45 micronesia wrote:
This experience sounds worse than stuff I've had to deal with, but still seems very annoying. Did you pay that out of pocket or was there medical insurance covering it in part? What about for the medication?
BTW NEVER assume you will leave a doctor's office quickly lol No insurance
Yeah, that sucks. I really really really don't want to be without health insurance as long as our system remains as it is. Luckily I have been able to maintain it so far.
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that's okay, i had to go to a hospital in oakland and i had to wait for 3+ hours when i had an appendicitis before i got any pain medication. and this was in the emergency room.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
On September 23 2009 12:37 il0seonpurpose wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2009 12:25 FirstProbe wrote:
At least he was honest. He can't tell you what it is unless he knows what it is. I'm sure the doctor could've called another person or osmething
Cue additional 1 hour wait
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everyone add 'CoLtSaDdAi29' on AIM and tell him he sucks
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MrHoon
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that picture makes me rage
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the fact that you use AIM makes me rage. Pidgin plz.
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When I was younger, I had the absolute best insurance, which was great because looking back now, my mom would have been in some serious debt with all the doctor visits, tests, medications, and such that I was on. I honestly think that everything I had done could have come to over 100K. That's from the time I was 10-18, when my insurance ran out. How much was the insurance? $15 a quarter (pretty sure it started out at $10), and it covered everything. Though I did have to go to a select list of doctors and dentists, but the care provided was decent enough for the most part. And the only prescription I ever had denied was for a refill of Alegra... I had to switch to Claritin (which sucked, Alegra is the only allergy pill I recall working well for me).
Anyhow, it wasn't without faults. I did have a regular doctor at this clinic, but he was a great guy, always listened to my problem, and tried to help me. The clinic always took forever to call you back for the basics (temperature, weight/height, etc) and then into another room (and wait) for the doctor. Well, one day I had an appointment scheduled for 9am, and we waited forever. My doctor finally came into the room at about 1:30pm. We told him we've been here since 9am, and he said "I have no idea why they'd schedule you that early, I don't even get in until 1pm today."
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I've worked in a medical clinic for one yearr, so I have a very different point of view on healtcare now. It isn't bad, it's just that most of the time the enormous waiting time are caused by some stuff like : only one old doctor for the day (more than 10 hours of waiting time), monday, day after an holiday and 50% child with some stupid stuff.
I've seen very nice waiting time though : 0 has happened often, at 9 o'clock PM for example, if we had 2 or 3 doctors, it can happen. But people don't remember these days. They just remember the bad days and tell them to everyone.
2 hours was the average though, and I would say it isn't that long, but that's only my opinion.
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i'm actually happy for you
with a title like that, the first thing i thought of is "oh fuck, what happened to him, hope it's nothing serious"
count your blessings, this shit is trivial and not worth getting worked up over
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Needed to get a medical cert for a job recently, went into the doctor with a form listing at least 20 parts of the body to be checked out and commented on. She asks me had i been having any health problems recently. I say no, so she doesn't even so much as check my pulse, ticks "healthy" for every check box and sends me on my way slightly bemused and 50 euro poorer.
The bad part is that i don't even feel ripped off, and i think i should (although i didn't really want to get naked and probed by a very old woman).I guess i'm just used to a doctor basically having one hell of a cover charge.
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Why the hell wouldn't you ask questions? Patient is just as at fault if you're gonna sit there stupid like that.
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