Well I will start with my first visit to see about my eye problem a while back ,by the way Im using Kaiser Permante .I called in and described my problem to them and they wanted me to come in ASAP so I went that same day. They set me up with a regular MD (internal Med) that knew nothing about eye problems ,he told me to stop using Viseen as it was irritating my eyes .They did at least see me very promtly as I was the last patient of the day.
Three weeks pass and my eye was still driving me nuts so I call in again and they tell me I need to see a Opthomologist ASAP so we set up another appointment the next day at 1 PM and they take me back pretty quick and the nurse looks at my eye and checks my vision and says the Dr will be with me soon .4 hours later the Dr comes in and diagnoses my condition and prescribes eye drops and Im out the door to the pharmacy downstairs .By this time its after 6PM and Im exhausted but the nurse told me its not a normal day .
Because of the drops Im on I have to go back to the Dr every 2 weeks for further checkups .The next visit I only had to wait on the Dr for 2 hours after the nurse did her routine checkup.
On my last visit which was last friday my appointment was at 2:30 Pm ,I was early by 1/2 hour as Joan had Dr appointments earlier that morning .We waited for just a few minutes and was called in to the exam room like before and the nurse did her same exam and said the Dr would be with us shortly .2 hours later he walked in and I was pissed to say the least .He started talking about my next visit and I promptly told him there would be no more future visits as I was not coming back .He looked like I had slapped him when I told him my time was just as important as his and he had wasted enough of mine .He apoligised and told me some of his patients needed more time than others and he could not help it. He told me I would have to be weaned off the drops Im on slowly over the next year and I would have to be under his care in order for them to document the withdrawal from the drops .I told him I would have the next Dr forward the info if needed and he decided the nurse could do this for me at no charge since I was not willing to see him again. My eye is doing great now but I have never had to fire a Dr before but I was tired of the waiting game as it kills my back to sit in a waiting room for hours at a time .Sorry for the long post .
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John
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