Why I fired a doctor’s office

Had a good conversation with my diabetes doctor.

She asked about the weight loss drug and I told her I'd had really bad side effects and she asked what we were trying next.  Told her I had fired that doctor.  I'm even thinking about quitting the weight loss group, though I like a couple of the people and the building it is in.

Here's some of the reasons why.

Every time I make an appointment with them, I put the appointment in my calendar like every other appointment.  They come back and tell me , it's a different time and date.  Most of the time they come back and say — oh, you are right.

This time the nutritionist was fully booked (I think my appointment is part of his fully booked).

Really?

I am told I'm due for a tetanus shot.  I say, well, I have to think about it.  Research it while I wait for the doctor, decide I want one.  They don't give it even though I tell them I wanted it.  Good news, I did it at my primary care who I really like.  When I try to check on it when its time to leave, the assistant is on the phone and I have to wait forever.

I tell the doctor, I have horrible side effects from a drug.  She says indignantly, I've never had a patient tell me that before.  Okay, I'm the first, get over it.

I have my orthopedist office on hold right now, because they are treating the body parts not the individual, but they are the first place I go when I want surgery.  I don't.