Over the years the wife has seen a few Doctors here in the United States seeking a little relief from allergies always to be given some temporary relief and the brush off. Finally it was decided we need to kick it up a notch and seek audience with an Allergist/Immunologist . Easier said than done as we needed a referral . The Doctor the office at the allergist sent us too sent us back with a referral and we scored an appointment.
On appointment day we learn the referral can’t be accepted as the issuing Dr. is not her primary care provider forcing the start of a completetly new search . The office of the Dr. we found accepting new patients accepted our paperwork and insurance card and told us they would call the next day with an appointment date . Three days later it was quite apparent that they had forgotten and under my frost like glare they quickly set a date …. four weeks away.
We found a different Dr. close by and though he’s not in our insurance net his staff seemed far more efficient and set up an appointment for two days away . He seemed quite nice but showed little interest in issueing a referral to see an allergist at this point . First blood work must be done and so we’ll have to make an appointment for that on our own …. likewise a chest Xray and an ultra sound . Starting to look like a simple visit to an allergist could take four months , in the mean time he did offer the poor wife some temporary respite .
He took our choice of pharmacy and sent over a couple of prescriptions , one for her allergies and another for her itchy watery eyes.
” Better give them an hour before you pick them up ” he advised .
Instead we waited until the next day when the pharmacy informed us that they will need another half hour so we went shopping and came back to discover there was only one prescription sent over from the Doctors …. for a tube of cream for skin rash . This caused a quick drive over to the Doctors office to sort this out at 12:30 p.m. on a Friday afternoon to be confronted by the locked door with the large sign Mon. – Fri. 8 A.M – 6 P.M … and no one was there .
Please explain to me again how bad the system is that our neighbors to the North seem to enjoy because I’m betting not a single Canadian north of Ohio has this story to tell …
