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Your doctor sends the bloodwork to a lab. They intended to send you to a phlebotomy center operated by that lab, which is a little less risky than a Dr's office.
Ah, OK. It was garbled. I've already taken the sick time, so I'm fine with going to the doctor's office. Plus, my appointment is at 8:15, which is right when they open. That's probably the best time to go.
I had a strange conversation with my PCP office earlier this week. I have a thyroid condition. Every year, I go in to have my levels checked and to renew my prescription. The office assistant called and asked if I would prefer to have a telehealth call instead. I was about to say OK and then I remembered the bloodwork. So I was like, "Oh, no. I'll just come in." And then it was like she was trying to talk me out of it? She said that if on the call, my doctor determined I needed the bloodwork, she would send me somewhere. I didn't catch where, but it all seemed very roundabout. I finally said "I'm not scared to come in." lol
After that, she kind of chuckled and she said she would just keep the appointment and to please wear a face mask.
Does your medication dose typically change after your bloodwork? Mine has been very stable for years. I'm sure they just wanted to check in and see how you were feeling and if you were feeling okay they would keep you on the same dose. If my doctor called me about this (and they may in a few months) I would definitely say yes to the telehealth and reduce my exposure and their exposure. I'm sure they would appreciate having as few people come in as possible to reduce risk.
Now, my dentist's office called and tried to get me to reschedule my April cleaning for next month and I was not down with that. It's just a cleaning. I put them off until September because she was very pushy, but I may well cancel that. If I had an issue I'd go in, but for just a cleaning?
I had a strange conversation with my PCP office earlier this week. I have a thyroid condition. Every year, I go in to have my levels checked and to renew my prescription. The office assistant called and asked if I would prefer to have a telehealth call instead. I was about to say OK and then I remembered the bloodwork. So I was like, "Oh, no. I'll just come in." And then it was like she was trying to talk me out of it? She said that if on the call, my doctor determined I needed the bloodwork, she would send me somewhere. I didn't catch where, but it all seemed very roundabout. I finally said "I'm not scared to come in." lol
After that, she kind of chuckled and she said she would just keep the appointment and to please wear a face mask.
My wife had to do the same on Monday. I thought it was for her anxiety meds. It was for her thyroid meds which she takes because she had partial removal of them as a teen.
Does your medication dose typically change after your bloodwork? Mine has been very stable for years. I'm sure they just wanted to check in and see how you were feeling and if you were feeling okay they would keep you on the same dose. If my doctor called me about this (and they may in a few months) I would definitely say yes to the telehealth and reduce my exposure and their exposure. I'm sure they would appreciate having as few people come in as possible to reduce risk.
Now, my dentist's office called and tried to get me to reschedule my April cleaning for next month and I was not down with that. It's just a cleaning. I put them off until September because she was very pushy, but I may well cancel that. If I had an issue I'd go in, but for just a cleaning?
No, it's pretty stable. I guess I just try to stay on top on my appointments. Old habits die hard. lol But I don't want anyone to be uncomfortable. I'll call them back today and ask about it again.
I had a dental cleaning scheduled for April. I'll definitely go for that as soon as they start rescheduling. I've had periodontal issues in the past and would like to keep those at bay.
Ah, OK. It was garbled. I've already taken the sick time, so I'm fine with going to the doctor's office. Plus, my appointment is at 8:15, which is right when they open. That's probably the best time to go.
It's not only about whether or not you're afraid to go in. They are trying to minimize the number of patients coming in for their own protection too.
As someone else mentioned in another thread, the Piedmont passenger rail service has been suspended till further notice due to COVID-19's impact on NCDOT's revenue (or what's left of it).
My point (which we clearly disagree on) is as follows.
You can't fathom how laying off a doctor during a time frame when "we did what we did to flatten the curve to not inundate HCPs" makes any sense. I said (and you agreed with) the idea that when you have for profit medicine, if you can't bring in the bacon, then people get cut.
My position (and I may be dead wrong) is all the countries that were warning us "take this seriously, look at our hospitals, our doctors are picking and choosing who lives and who dies because we can't treat everyone" had nothing to do with keeping your PCP from being inundated. It was to keep hospitals and ICUs and Ventilators from being inundated and collapsing.
The proof I point to is every state that was tracking the curve put out metrics around ICU beds available, ventilators available, hospital beds available. Not at any point did I see "GVoR's PCP at Heritage Urgent Care, who he saw once, has 15 appointment slots available a day"
I assumed it was overall hospital resources, and especially PPE. And then also isolating the COVID patients but also the "have something wrong already, so they're at much higher risk of COVID" and ALL of the hospital staff.
I didn't see m378 make the ignorant point "look how nothing COVID is - the hospitals are empty not full, and they're even laying doctors and nurses off." Maybe he has before, I dunno.
As a point of data, 40% of the GDP drop was health care.
I assumed it was overall hospital resources, and especially PPE. And then also isolating the COVID patients but also the "have something wrong already, so they're at much higher risk of COVID" and ALL of the hospital staff.
I didn't see m378 make the ignorant point "look how nothing COVID is - the hospitals are empty not full, and they're even laying doctors and nurses off." Maybe he has before, I dunno.
As a point of data, 40% of the GDP drop was health care.
m378 was, I think, making the point of "how can we have HCP layoffs in the midst of a pandemic and how does that fit with the flatten the curve/don't inundate the limited resources narrative we were told". I haven't seen him state COVID was a nothing.
I was simply sharing my position that the "don't inundate the system" was focused at hospitals/ICUs/ventilators/PPE (to your point)/"General Emergency People and Supplies" and less about General Practitioners and PCPs.
I know my employer gives me 4-6 weeks "on the bench" (not assigned to a client contract) before they will lay me off because I'm costing them money at a company that has ~490K employees and had $43B in revenue last year....I make a fraction of what a Doctor does (at least I would hope so) at a practice of, what 30-50 people, who are operating on a much, much smaller budget.
Does your medication dose typically change after your bloodwork? Mine has been very stable for years. I'm sure they just wanted to check in and see how you were feeling and if you were feeling okay they would keep you on the same dose. If my doctor called me about this (and they may in a few months) I would definitely say yes to the telehealth and reduce my exposure and their exposure. I'm sure they would appreciate having as few people come in as possible to reduce risk.
Now, my dentist's office called and tried to get me to reschedule my April cleaning for next month and I was not down with that. It's just a cleaning. I put them off until September because she was very pushy, but I may well cancel that. If I had an issue I'd go in, but for just a cleaning?
I got re scheduled for this month but had to cancel because work is loading us up with meetings and seminars while we are slow....but my sister has to go tomorrow for an emergency and I'm curious how it goes for her.
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