Sometimes the wait at the walk in clinic was two hours. I noticed that many of the patients were pregnant women. I also noticed that there were many women checking in with brand new babies. I didn't think anything about the people I saw in the waiting room.
Then I noticed that the pregnant women and infants were all going to my doctor.
Still nothing twigged.
Then one day I noticed that some of the letters behind my doc's name were an indication that he had some extra training in obstetrics!
Wow! How did I become this guy's patient?
My doc practises as a general physician first. I think he must be very good at obstetrics and so has many patients. He's also very good at looking after an elderly man. He's bright, knows his stuff and is a good communicator.
However, I did wonder for a little while how I got to have a doc with training in obstetrics.
Well, I guess this situation could only happen to me. Okay, he has other men for patients!
You are so funny!!!!
ReplyDeleteHa, ha!
DeleteI bet having a few old guys keeps him on his toes. As long as he takes good care of you! :)
ReplyDeleteHe takes excellent care of me. He talks to you as he does his thing.
DeleteFunny. And probably why you have long waits. I would look into making an appointment from now on if i were you.
ReplyDeleteI do make appointments now. A two hour wait is quite uncommon.
DeleteThat is quite the wait time, though my old family doctor would take at least 45mins by the time it was over. Daisy's doctor wait isn't too bad.
ReplyDeleteTwo hours waiting is very uncommon but lots of 45 min
DeleteHey as long as he's a good doctor, who cares?
ReplyDeleteHe's a very good doc and I don't care that he has a specialty that I can't take advantage of!!!
DeleteThat's funny. You must be nice to work with or he'd shuffle you off to another doctor. Hang on to him.
ReplyDeleteHey, you should know by now that I'm extremely nice and also healthy. Yes , I could get traded to somebody.
DeleteI'm not sure whether the UK has walk-in clinics. We certainly don't here on Lewis: all appointments have to be booked. I rather liked the arrangement at the medical practice I was with in New Zealand. It operated both a walk-in emergency room and an appoints system.
ReplyDeleteThings have really changed here. The old clinics did not do any active treatment. They prescribed many tests and gave you medication , but that's all. In the old days they stitched up cuts and set bones.
DeleteWell, let us know when the happy event has taken place!
ReplyDeleteI will and I like your mischievous sense of humor.
Deletehaha love this post.....nothing wrong with some specialities. A Doc is a Doc,, even with those extras which I think you won't need. Long wait time, as most I've waited is 5 min.....did I mention that my Doctor is Cardiac plus, immigrated here and working in our small community as family physician and does the cardiac thing on the side. WOW
ReplyDeleteYou're right a Doc is a Doc. This guy does do GP work.
DeleteI laughed at your post today. Thanks for the smiles, Red. As long as he takes good care of you, a doctor is a doctor. :-)
ReplyDeleteHe gives me very good care.
DeleteLucky to have so much flexibility in medicine in your country. That would most unlikely here!
ReplyDeleteYes, you are assigned a clinic . We can make a choice.
DeleteOnce when I was in West Africa I went to an on-call doctor at a local hospital with a suspected case of Malaria. Only after I was treated and released did I see that he was an Ob-Gyn and marked me on the consultation form as a female!
ReplyDeleteWhat a compliment! I wonder how much weed he'd been smoking?
DeleteOkay until he checks your inoculations HA! I like to have comfort when I go, I see an internist
ReplyDeleteThis guy is good!
DeleteThis was funny to read! Thanks for the smile :)
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteWho'd have thought?
ReplyDeleteWell, it doesn't bother me as long as he is good and he is.
DeleteMy criteria for a good doctor is that he laughs at my jokes and has warm hands.
ReplyDeleteThis guy is pleasant and that's all I need.
DeleteDoesn't matter about the other patients, as long as you are happy with his service. When I went to my (male) doctor to confirm my first pregnancy he was horrified, said the last pregnant female he'd seen had been a camel in the desert during the war. Considering the war had ended 20 years previously I took his advise and changed doctors for the pregnancy. Went back to him after the baby was born though and no woman and child ever had a more attentive doctor.
ReplyDeleteYes, that comment would shock me. But I'm glad he made up for it.
DeleteMost women have a couple of humps.
Deletethat made me laugh. thanks, red. :)
ReplyDeletePerhaps he thinks you are a big baby Red... "No doc! Please don't give me an injection! I'm scared of needles!"
ReplyDeleteHi Red, Big smile ... You are a pretty lucky guy! Best regards from Seattle, hope all is well in Red Deer!
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