3 years ago
I am not sure what the last reviewer had as far as...
I am not sure what the last reviewer had as far as experience with this practice, but, this is mine...so far.
I hurt my foot (on a recycling bin and a patch of grass...needless to say, I no longer touch recycling bins) on MARCH 11th. It is now JUNE and the Podiatrist now wants Vascular Dr. to take a look since swelling will not go down. Remember, this is all for a foot.
I go to Vascular center recommended by Podiatrist and close to my home. I fill out (Paper only) paperwork at 12 45 PM and wait. I get called back for vitals and a room. Midway thru vitals, female 1 is asked a question and switched to female 2. She finishes vitals but says I need to go back to waiting room to wait for a room for an EKG. I asked why is an EKG needed for my foot. I was told its needed for everyone. OK. Now I had already watched an entire episode of a show at this point. In waiting room, I got to watch another full episode. I finally am called back for the EKG to be done (female 1 started, was interrupted and replaced by female 2 again)...which is normal, go figure... then I am told to wait for Dr, soon. I remind them it was almost 3 PM and I had a 4 PM appointment in Gaithersburg (270 RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC) so I needed to leave soon. They told me it would be fine. I watch another episode of my show and my phone rings. I answer, since I waited this long, why not. It would take 3 seconds. This is moment Dr. desides to arrive. I asked him not to leave, but he does anyway. I was done by time he walked out of room. I watched 20 min of another episode before I hunted to find someone to give me an ETA since I had 10 min before I had to leave.
Found someone and dr comes in and decided he wants to test feet. I was sitting in a cold room for over an hour and cold feet do not work for test. I said I can come back, I really needed to go. They said they could still finish in time if they use the foot warmers. This takes over 15 min just to get feet warm enough for test to be taken (you would think they would have used preventative measures in place...like use of foot warmers as soon as dr leaves to get test ready to go by time machine is wheeled in...just a helpful hint for office) they do test, dr takes a glance at the results and wants to schedule follow up in a month, then does a double take and wants to redo left foot test in 2 weeks, instead (left foot is whole reason I am here) I go to front desk, see female 2, who knows I need to go, and am told to wait while she asks a coworker to schedule me, coworker says she is busy so I wait some more. I FINALLY get a second appointment made and rush to call my other appointment to notify them I am going to be late. It was after 3 PM.
I get a letter from my insurance company stating they approved my special pictures of my heart testing needed. I wasn't even aware one was needed. So glad they were told, at least. Now i await my next appointment, wondering if, like last one i can finish an entire series in a day and still have 70% battery life on my tablet