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This happen to me one time to, i was like 10 min early but because they were backed up i had to wait over an hr. I was furious.

I totally understand that I will have to wait x amount of time to be seen, i dont care about that, because i do understand how that works with patients etc... I just think its funny that they can post a sign saying you have to reschedule your appt if your 15minutes late, meanwhile i had to wait 40 minutes to be seen. lol Just seems humourous to me

That happens to me almost every time I see any kind of doctor. It drives me insane. I once waited 2.5 hours past my appointment time.

My dr charges an extra fee if you are more than 15 min late. You should be able to charge them for your wait time in that case.

I HATE waiting at the doctors office.  I don't really have doctor-anxiety, but the longer I sit in the waiting room, the more nervous I get and I work myself all up into a tizzy.

I make all my appointments with the NP now - their schedules are usually much more open, so not only do you have your choice of appointment times (even on short notice), but they also take the time to answer all your questions instead of kicking you out of the office like most docs do.  And they tend to be more open about discussing symptoms/causes/treatment options with you instead of throwing a prescription in your face.

-- Edited by Elle at 18:59, 2006-03-16

RyanJ wrote:

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laken1 wrote:
I blame it on the pregnant people. Since they have to go so often they always work them in even though I have to make an appt 6 months in advance. While I understand that, I still feel like it's another thing I have to suck up because I just want my birth control.
Damn those preggos.

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LOL - I didn't mean it that way! Sorry!

To add to this I am also one of those people that never gets sick but when I do I want to see my GP like in an hour. So I'm guilty of this on the regular doctor front. I guess for the people who actually make appts to go in for a physical or whatnot. I have a double standard I tell ya!

Elle wrote:

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I make all my appointments with the NP now - their schedules are usually much more open, so not only do you have your choice of appointment times (even on short notice), but they also take the time to answer all your questions instead of kicking you out of the office like most docs do.  And they tend to be more open about discussing symptoms/causes/treatment options with you instead of throwing a prescription in your face.-- Edited by Elle at 18:59, 2006-03-16

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nurse practioners are the greatest! my gyno doc is actually a np, and she's the awesomest. she truly does always answer any of my questions, the longest part of my appointments are actually her and i sitting in her office just talking about health care stuff. before i started seeing her, i did have longer waits but always figured it was just a good way to relax. i can't begin to tell you all how many naps ive had on the exam table while waiting for the doc to show up. i always fall asleep waiting there...really good for the blood pressure measurement.

kahluamilk wrote:

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Last time I was at the doctor's office, she made me wait 1+ hrs.. I finally lost it when all these pregnant women who came in AFTER me kept getting ushered into "the door" .. so I threw a fit and prob scared all the women! The receptionist had the nerve to tell me it was "ultrasound day" and I was like well why would you schedule me on ultrasound day then if I just wanted a check-up?!!! Uuurrggh...  

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Do the banks an post offices close on ultrasound day?