tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post2795750728485831468..comments2023-10-25T02:14:11.431-07:00Comments on Living Vicuriously, aka Pasadena Daily Photo, has moved.: Dark ArtsPetrea Burchardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-78794301269455321792015-07-06T09:00:42.660-07:002015-07-06T09:00:42.660-07:00It is, and it doesn't have to be this way. At ...It is, and it doesn't have to be this way. At my regular doctor's office I rarely wait. I also see a neurologist who has about 20 degrees on his wall, who never leaves me waiting for more than 5 minutes. <br /><br />This problem is about greed and laziness on the part of some doctors, but not all.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-39897494103707957152015-07-06T01:34:48.958-07:002015-07-06T01:34:48.958-07:00Pretty depressing. Pretty depressing. Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-66561706993728512722015-07-01T19:32:34.266-07:002015-07-01T19:32:34.266-07:00True and scary, unfortunately. True and scary, unfortunately. Ms Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07960193596384417988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-5943856138032515892015-06-26T12:08:44.885-07:002015-06-26T12:08:44.885-07:00That's what I'd do. Then I'd get ice c...That's what I'd do. Then I'd get ice cream.<br /><br />Pretty weird that they sent you to a bone doctor and didn't authorize an x-ray. A bone density test IS an x-ray.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-2978252501461930732015-06-26T11:21:32.283-07:002015-06-26T11:21:32.283-07:00The entire system should be thrown out and started...The entire system should be thrown out and started again from scratch. I was sent to a bone doctor in West Covina. WEST COVINA. Got there only to discover they couldn't treat me because they hadn't been authorized to give me an x-ray. WTF<br /><br />I cried. Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-50196736340288080322015-06-26T11:01:33.825-07:002015-06-26T11:01:33.825-07:00I agree!
When they realized I had disappeared the...I agree! <br />When they realized I had disappeared they called and left a message. This morning I returned their call, to make sure my insurance company would not be charged. I had the satisfaction of declining to reschedule.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-27004009376567058772015-06-26T10:47:39.870-07:002015-06-26T10:47:39.870-07:00Waiting is so unnecessarily time consuming! Waiting is so unnecessarily time consuming! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-83170698432370949612015-06-25T19:45:14.836-07:002015-06-25T19:45:14.836-07:00I think you nailed those classes.I think you nailed those classes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-62916504418562020332015-06-25T16:36:45.667-07:002015-06-25T16:36:45.667-07:00Yup. Let that be a lesson to them all.Yup. Let that be a lesson to them all.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-66894755358535639052015-06-25T16:03:22.463-07:002015-06-25T16:03:22.463-07:00@Petrea: Anthem did away w/HMO's... PPO is wha...@Petrea: Anthem did away w/HMO's... PPO is what I have now.. More expensive.. They've been hit w/a class action suit for doubling the deductions: hospital, office and prescriptions...Kalei's Best Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331539743751163269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-6465268153528171842015-06-25T15:41:23.886-07:002015-06-25T15:41:23.886-07:00KBF, I've got a PPO. Same dif. Yes, natural li...KBF, I've got a PPO. Same dif. Yes, natural light.<br /><br />Thank you, José!<br /><br />Chieftess, sometimes the doctor charges the insurance company outrageous amounts of money. The insurance company never pays it all. They have agreed-upon amounts so I don't get the cat and mouse game. <br /><br />William, the reason you haven't encountered this is because you live in a country with socialized medicine!<br /><br />Bellis, I take my own reading material, thank goodness. <br />I agree with your friend who worked with the doctors. WE know if we feel better or worse, WE know what works and what doesn't. WE have to be our own primary physician. I've had some good doctors, but recently I've had it up to here with a couple of bad ones.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-24734570193018572482015-06-25T15:32:09.699-07:002015-06-25T15:32:09.699-07:00That's very worrying. So when they complete th...That's very worrying. So when they complete those courses, do they take the Hypocritic Oath? I've been subjected to many things from 101, and a few from 102,like the No Magazines. What gets me is that I'm happily reading in the waiting room and then taken to the consulting room and left to sit without any reading matter except the lurid wall charts for half a hour or longer. Nowadays I take a magazine with me. My friend who worked with the doctors at the Huntington said to me that their advice to her was not to take the tests they say you need, not to come back for repeat visits, and not to take the medications if they don't make you better. It's often just their way of earning money.Bellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10168550139269893109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-40684411728412625592015-06-25T14:04:46.103-07:002015-06-25T14:04:46.103-07:00Strangely the only time I've had waiting issue...Strangely the only time I've had waiting issues medically speaking have been in an emergency ward.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-44690152973696008152015-06-25T13:36:05.743-07:002015-06-25T13:36:05.743-07:00Chieftess is right on both comments... I assume u ...Chieftess is right on both comments... I assume u shot in natural light? nice mono affect.Kalei's Best Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331539743751163269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-30898073910279419402015-06-25T11:44:52.637-07:002015-06-25T11:44:52.637-07:00Great pic!!!Great pic!!!TheChieftesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153059825142977202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-78391667845865071662015-06-25T11:44:24.003-07:002015-06-25T11:44:24.003-07:00Subsidized by the insurance companies....Subsidized by the insurance companies....TheChieftesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153059825142977202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-5147449690059471372015-06-25T11:19:49.764-07:002015-06-25T11:19:49.764-07:00Very interesting information. Nice composition in ...Very interesting information. Nice composition in B&W too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783877262954668959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1067046564433930606.post-80012300061754973642015-06-25T10:32:58.460-07:002015-06-25T10:32:58.460-07:00When I first experienced waiting in the waiting ro...When I first experienced waiting in the waiting room it was when I entered the world of HMO'S... I've learned to book appts. at the beginning of the day as well as ( if I have no choice) right at 2 when they come back at lunch.. there are times I've waited 45 in the office waiting for the doctor and I've found myself getting dressed and trying to escape.. somehow those nurses have a keen eye and good hearing when they see and hear footsteps other than the doctor's.<br />I blame it on the insurance companies since they're the ones who want the medical facilities to book patients every 20 min... Insurance ought to realize treating humans is not the same as an assembly line at Ford.Kalei's Best Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331539743751163269noreply@blogger.com