Comments on: The Doctor Will See You Now http://www.marksdailyapple.com/wait/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:03:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Crystal http://www.marksdailyapple.com/wait/#comment-7626 Crystal Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:31:42 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/wait/#comment-7626 McFly, I like to play that game too. My husband was cleaning out the garage and sliced open his face. We waited an hour for surgical glue. Took 5 minutes. Guess what the condition we had after seeing the $1000 bill.... post traumatic stress. Next time we're using super glue! McFly, I like to play that game too. My husband was cleaning out the garage and sliced open his face. We waited an hour for surgical glue. Took 5 minutes. Guess what the condition we had after seeing the $1000 bill…. post traumatic stress. Next time we’re using super glue!

]]> By: Crystal http://www.marksdailyapple.com/wait/#comment-7621 Crystal Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:13:05 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/wait/#comment-7621 After waiting in the waiting room, then you get to wait in the exam room. I've waited for a doctors appointment for 3 months. Dave, I've waited for a biopsy test too. After two weeks, I called and was told that she had the results but the doctor needed to talk to me. Nice! So, I waited again. When you call and make an appointment, they ask what type of insurance you have. This sometimes decides which place in line you are. It is not always first come first serve. Still waiting... After waiting in the waiting room, then you get to wait in the exam room. I’ve waited for a doctors appointment for 3 months. Dave, I’ve waited for a biopsy test too. After two weeks, I called and was told that she had the results but the doctor needed to talk to me. Nice! So, I waited again.

When you call and make an appointment, they ask what type of insurance you have. This sometimes decides which place in line you are. It is not always first come first serve.

Still waiting…

]]> By: McFly http://www.marksdailyapple.com/wait/#comment-7620 McFly Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:06:09 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/wait/#comment-7620 I actually like waiting rooms. Especially in hospitals or the ER. The best characters hang out in the ER, but any doctor's office waiting room will do. It gives you the chance to play "Guess the Illness." Big frat guy in a waiting room on a monday morning? We know what he's getting checked. Woman with three kids all looking glum? The school probably had a flu outbreak. Man missing an arm and teeth marks all over his face? Probably shark attack. Also, hospital waiting rooms are the only places I feel comfortable browsing through magazines like Better Homes & Gardens, or Southern Woman. I actually like waiting rooms. Especially in hospitals or the ER. The best characters hang out in the ER, but any doctor’s office waiting room will do. It gives you the chance to play “Guess the Illness.” Big frat guy in a waiting room on a monday morning? We know what he’s getting checked. Woman with three kids all looking glum? The school probably had a flu outbreak. Man missing an arm and teeth marks all over his face? Probably shark attack.

Also, hospital waiting rooms are the only places I feel comfortable browsing through magazines like Better Homes & Gardens, or Southern Woman.

]]> By: Dave http://www.marksdailyapple.com/wait/#comment-7616 Dave Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:28:37 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/wait/#comment-7616 A few years ago I was in Korat, Thailand with my wife and four of our grand kids. Two of them became ill and we took them to a hospital in town. Within thirty minutes, both of them had seen a doctor (an actual M.D.), and each received prescriptions including an antibiotic. I walked to the cashier's cage fearing for the health of my wallet. I walked away with a big smile on my face and my wallet was only missing around $22.00! A year later I had a biopsy done on a growth in my throat and I had to wait three weeks to find out if I had cancer. Luckily I didn't but that was the longest three weeks of my life! A few years ago I was in Korat, Thailand with my wife and four of our grand kids. Two of them became ill and we took them to a hospital in town. Within thirty minutes, both of them had seen a doctor (an actual M.D.), and each received prescriptions including an antibiotic. I walked to the cashier’s cage fearing for the health of my wallet. I walked away with a big smile on my face and my wallet was only missing around $22.00!

A year later I had a biopsy done on a growth in my throat and I had to wait three weeks to find out if I had cancer. Luckily I didn’t but that was the longest three weeks of my life!

]]> By: terry http://www.marksdailyapple.com/wait/#comment-7609 terry Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:24:31 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/wait/#comment-7609 I remember when I waited at the doctor's office to get a physical, and besides waiting forever I had a very interesting person sitting next to me. I waited for an hour and 45 minutes for the physical and the gentleman sitting across from me just kept smacking his lips over and over. Their was nowhere else for me to go I was doomed and the lip smacking was extremely loud for lip smacking. I will never forget the wait and I will never forget that guy's face. I remember when I waited at the doctor’s office to get a physical, and besides waiting forever I had a very interesting person sitting next to me. I waited for an hour and 45 minutes for the physical and the gentleman sitting across from me just kept smacking his lips over and over. Their was nowhere else for me to go I was doomed and the lip smacking was extremely loud for lip smacking. I will never forget the wait and I will never forget that guy’s face.

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