Posted by floatingbridge on February 3, 2010, at 0:27:58
In reply to Re: is it too much to ask, posted by Willful on February 2, 2010, at 16:37:32
Thanks, Willful. Your post is very helpful and reasonable. Empowering, too :-)
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> Have you tried calling him? My doctor often doesn't even call back after phone calls-- I don't know if she gets buried in an onslaught of things she's supposed to do or what.
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> But emails can be more work-- if you don't usually do them--whereas many docs are used to phone calls. Or you could call his office and ask what the best way is to get some long-distance follow-up after the appointment?
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> If that doesn't work, maybe your pdoc can try.
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> But absolutely you should be able to ask more questions and get more information. I'm sure he would agree.
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> It is incredibly frustrating when they don't respond-- but I guess these days doctors are so busy, they often neglect things they would be happy to do-- and would acknowledge is part of their job.
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> Good luck
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> Willful
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