Doctors: Power Trips R Us

[jarbabyj]

A short short background: last year I went into the hospital in order to detox off of painkillers, that I'd become addicted to after using them for seven years for chronic pain. My doctor during this time was great help in expediting my back surgery with the insurance companies and prescribing me Suboxone, a maintenance detox drug that staves off

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[aria60]

x_x I suppose finding another doctor isn't possible?

[jarbabyj]

Suboxone is pretty new and specialized drug. THere are only two doctors in my network that are trained to prescribe it. He's a great doctor otherwise, just this f-ing scheduling, for something that could easily be ok'ed over the phone and I'd gladly DRIVE OVER AND PICK THE SCRIPT UP rather than sit there for an hour.

[pyxi_styx]

My son't ADD meds require us to go in once a month to get the script. I know the pain in the ass that that is.
Along with ADD, my son used to have other issues, such as realizing he had to go poop before it was an emergency.
His doctor said he understands, start a schedule.
he then proceeded to tell us at what time each day he squats, and how a lot of the time, it last longer than expected and pushes back his appointments.
When I read your story, I laughed my ass off (not at you, of course) thinking your doc was in the back dropping a deuce while his patient's unknowingly wait FOREVER for him to finish up!

[falnfenix]

considering how prevalent IBS can be in medical staff (and after working in a hospital for 3 years...yeah, it is), that really is a reasonable thought.

i know my partner's IBS requires him to stay in the bathroom at least a half hour at a time, sometimes longer.

[enogitna]

"considering how prevalent IBS can be in medical staff "

why is that? Is it something they catch? Or due to stress?

[falnfenix]

IBS is a stress disorder...it cannot be "caught" or "passed" to other people.

[noelleleithe]

I know it's annoying to wait so long, but I would assume that the doctor works elsewhere in the mornings (visiting hospital patients, dealing with emergencies, etc.), so he can't get to the office any earlier. *shrug*

[littlemissalien]

And then he's probably expected to write up notes on the computer before staring on afternoon cases. Many doctors, counsellors etc. work this way. In fact my job involves me being mobile in the mornings running health screenings and then going back to the office in the afternoon for the data entry part.

[jarbabyj]

Well, then if you know that those things are expected of you, don't take appointments until 2:00 pm, give yourself an hour for data entry and call returning. It just seems rude that if you ROUTINELY know you're going to be harried, rushed, late, why not just push back the appointments rather than make people sit around and wait?

[littlemissalien]

Certainly here in the UK, for all GPs get stupidly exorbitant salaries, they may not be allowed to set their hours. As the NHS is government funded most GPs run on hours set by the local NHS trust in order to provide free healthcare for all and meet required targets.

The attitude here is "If you want it for free you have to wait." I can understand it is different if you're paying for the privilege. I regularly had to wait over time (once even 2 hours beyond my appointment) when I was pregnant, but my consultant was excellent and very thorough, so it was a trade off of sorts.

[awkward_as_heck]

I can understand, for years my family went to a dentist, we'd always book 9:00am because my brother and I were of school age and didn't want to miss too much but pretty much every time we'd see him ride up on his bike after we'd been in the waiting room for five-ten minutes. I would understand if it was a few hours in but at the very beginning of a shift is a bit much, especially forty five minutes, what the hell was he doing?

[creativexangst]

Wait why is he always late? I didnt see her coming to a conclusion as to why the wait happens...?