tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post5397926691887460265..comments2024-03-26T16:46:21.764-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: The Long and Winding RoadGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-13019887186831584012013-10-25T20:42:12.506-04:002013-10-25T20:42:12.506-04:00Lol, I get those at my lovely little retail DrugSt...Lol, I get those at my lovely little retail DrugStop. "Can you fill this is 2 minutes, I live all the way in *next town over* and I'm already done with my grocery shopping!?!?!"<br /><br />"Oh, *next town over* outlawed pharmacies? How awful."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-13148763364190367832013-10-04T17:31:04.609-04:002013-10-04T17:31:04.609-04:00For my second baby, I drove over an hour each way ...For my second baby, I drove over an hour each way to see my ob. Totally worth it to get my vbac.Jedi Master Ivyannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-475951468203593672013-10-03T20:02:12.467-04:002013-10-03T20:02:12.467-04:00With our routine wait to get into a neurologist ov...With our routine wait to get into a neurologist over 6 weeks NO ONE gives up an appointment with a specialist.Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884442981866929503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34110103757952256502013-10-02T21:08:01.806-04:002013-10-02T21:08:01.806-04:00Maybe he needs the ruby slippers?Maybe he needs the ruby slippers?clairesmumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58911100829813319142013-10-02T09:40:36.560-04:002013-10-02T09:40:36.560-04:00Pfft. I drive an hour and a half each way to get t...Pfft. I drive an hour and a half each way to get to my dentist. Very much worth it to get good care. <br /><br />But then, I live out in the country a bit and just about any appointment I make is at least half an hour away. Most of the time it's not a big deal. EASnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-17494155299307187662013-10-02T02:19:06.627-04:002013-10-02T02:19:06.627-04:00SERIOUSLY?! I've had to drive over 2 hours for...SERIOUSLY?! I've had to drive over 2 hours for some of my Drs. I rarely have any that are UNDER a 30 minute drive. The Dr I see the most frequently right now (minimum of once a month, usually at the office more than that due to tests and procedures all in the same building) is between 40-60 minutes but if stuck in rush hour can take up to 90 getting home.<br /><br />I've decided I have to live in a city with a major university hospital for the rest of my life so I never again have to deal with 2-3 hour drives and entire days spent for a single Drs appointment. Life as a medical zebra. Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550925497725024600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34370791468228444942013-10-01T22:21:43.340-04:002013-10-01T22:21:43.340-04:00It was a far, far better neurologist, he didn'...It was a far, far better neurologist, he didn't see today.<br /><br />(From "A Tale of Two Neurologists")a.generic dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06162096557026780038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-83732896519924316842013-10-01T21:45:59.565-04:002013-10-01T21:45:59.565-04:00If only Mary had offered to accompany him on his n...If only Mary had offered to accompany him on his next appointment? Nahh. Didn't think so. Then, she could have seen the clunker he drove in, that made his trip seem like a lifetime...leaky exhaust, ran out of gas, pushed it for a block, automatic honking but a/c didn't work, hmm, got lost a couple times in a strange neighborhood with all one-way streets. He needed one that he could just walk across the street or down the block. Maybe in the same building he lives?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-62628688305927471732013-10-01T19:28:15.576-04:002013-10-01T19:28:15.576-04:00wasn't that movie "misery"?
when i ...wasn't that movie "misery"?<br /><br />when i lived in montana, i used to commute an hour each way to work (60 miles -- we didn't have that weird thing called traffic) and i'd drive 2 hours to walmart and target or for anything that wasn't found in the nearest town.<br /><br />right now, i drive 40 minutes to my son's pediatrician in sacramento. when people look astonished at that, i tell them about montana. seriously people, it's not that weird.jenhttp://grace-filled.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-78830628353888764342013-10-01T15:03:31.271-04:002013-10-01T15:03:31.271-04:00If you can't make a house call then you should...If you can't make a house call then you should move your office to make a reasonable accommodation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-70783969533501624902013-10-01T13:54:22.465-04:002013-10-01T13:54:22.465-04:00I have a patient at Goofmart Pharmacy that require...I have a patient at Goofmart Pharmacy that requires 90 day supplies on her prescriptions.<br /><br />Why? Because she hates "driving all the way down to the pharmacy once a month."<br /><br />So one time I looked up her address.<br /><br />She lives about a mile away.Crazy RxManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077488214299929481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-61659902315263500132013-10-01T13:48:05.807-04:002013-10-01T13:48:05.807-04:00although neurology is just one small branch off th...although neurology is just one small branch off the psychiatry tree, this patient would benefit from psych care, of course closer to home. <br />(bonus points: which movie had accomplished author trapped in her home by her disorder, at the mercy of homicidal maniac?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-9789720733737250132013-10-01T13:47:34.154-04:002013-10-01T13:47:34.154-04:00although neurology is just one small branch off th...although neurology is just one small branch off the psychiatry tree, this patient would benefit from psych care, of course closer to home. <br />(bonus points: which movie had accomplished author trapped in her home by her disorder, at the mercy of homicidal maniac?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-44994893367752137412013-10-01T12:29:35.743-04:002013-10-01T12:29:35.743-04:00GFFA
The do walk among us, and some of them commu...GFFA<br /><br />The do walk among us, and some of them commute 90 minutes each way to work in a car pool . <br /><br />@Lisa, I worked for a corporation in Atlanta in the 70s, the EVP adorned his office with large mouth bass he caught in some lake in Alabama every weekend. I escaped and never looked back. Heck that is saying something if I chose to live in NJPackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790343423937405624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-29814119845275597312013-10-01T10:58:11.015-04:002013-10-01T10:58:11.015-04:00It's funny how people perceive distance. When...It's funny how people perceive distance. When I was a kid we'd go visit friends who lived 45 minutes away, and it was a big trip. Now, though I live in the city limits, I live right at the edge of the city limits. I can get to one grocery store in 15 minutes, pretty much everything else takes at least 30. I think nothing of it. My son's doctor is an hour away. I have a friend who lives 2 hours away and I visit regularly, it's not that far to drive. I live 700 miles from my hometown and drive there a few times a year, it takes between 10 and 12 hours one way. In my opinion, if someplace is 3 hours or less away it's fine for a day trip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-81894031918702069972013-10-01T10:50:51.360-04:002013-10-01T10:50:51.360-04:00Your patient would never make it in Atlanta. I car...Your patient would never make it in Atlanta. I carpool an hour and a half each way to go to work.Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-30823726905061952632013-10-01T10:02:48.868-04:002013-10-01T10:02:48.868-04:00Same thing happens in pharmacies also. OMG YOU ARE...Same thing happens in pharmacies also. OMG YOU ARE SO FAR AWAY (R.Ph. google maps patients address)... Ms. Smith, I see you only live 5 miles away. (Silence on the phone)...<br /><br />Long live google maps!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-54452846304266987412013-10-01T09:45:49.092-04:002013-10-01T09:45:49.092-04:00Whew, dodged a "patient bullet" there. S...Whew, dodged a "patient bullet" there. Sounds like a weird one. Although, I have to say when I am going someplace new, it always seems farther away than when I go back a second time. It's just the pressure of looking for a new destination, I guess. Or maybe I am also weird. Yeah, probably.bunkywisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-22670198946938525132013-10-01T09:29:32.173-04:002013-10-01T09:29:32.173-04:00I work in an imaging department. You have no idea...I work in an imaging department. You have no idea the number of people who have to have their (non-urgent) ultrasound done 'stat' because they are 'from out-of-town'. Usually turns out they are just on the edge of town, maybe 20 minute drive away. <br />And doctors wonder why we grumble when they tell us that yes, of course, their patient has to be done stat. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27538378800981794342013-10-01T04:46:34.322-04:002013-10-01T04:46:34.322-04:00His GPS took him the ' scenic ' route ?His GPS took him the ' scenic ' route ?jimbo26https://www.blogger.com/profile/02240878442136195921noreply@blogger.com