I just start looking for neat shit I can steal for my backpacking first aid kit.
Thanks for the idea!
At 35 minutes I ask them if they’d accept me being 35 minutes late to the appointment, or would they just consider it a no show
I did that when the doctor was 40 mins to my appointment and it didn’t go down well.
I do not recommend pissing off the overworked tired person in charge of your wellbeing
Yeah, I had one time where the doctor was 2 hours late. I had taken time off work for the appointment, too, but had I known he was running that late, I could have worked my normal schedule and still be there in plenty of time. Frustrating as hell, and he sincerely apologized for it.
But you never know what happened earlier in the day that caused that.
Someday, I might be the patient that needs that extra time.
Could be a sign they intend to admit you and don’t have any beds available yet
They should communicate that then…
Yeah they should, but they rarely have the time to do that
All the beds occupied means shit is going down in an all hands way and that means updating people on the time table they’re being admitted within is a very low priority
That sounds like the sort of problem you get when your country’s health care system is both expensive and can’t afford to pay nurses properly.
Unless you’re Abed Nadir
Damn you, you outlying piece of datum!
If I’m just there for a checkup I’m walking out after an hour. If I’m legitimately sick I’ll probably sit there all day until someone gives me medicine lol
At what point do you start filling pockets with random things?
I don’t know why this is so funny! 😄 There’s something about waiting in the actual room that makes you feel so forgotten. At some point, you’re entitled to start taking shit😂
A pen, a notebook, a handful of syringes and lots of post-it notes, the multi colored ones
Popsicle stickstongue depressors.
At least an hour and 45 minutes… cause that’s the longest I’ve been forgotten in the exam room. But I never peeked my head out or asked, I just kinda waited.
I don’t know how much longer I would’ve waited without finally saying something… so yeah, seven hours seems reasonable to me
I feel like after 15 minutes, I’d lose it and start eating the cotton balls Elf-style and develop a worse condition than I came in with.
I don’t know why I find this so funny 😂 I recently had to wait about an hour for my doctor in one of the rooms and I was going nuts.
Had this just over a month ago. I went down to accident and emergency just before 12 am on a Saturday (also know as the emergency department) as I was having really bad cramps because of my IBD (ulcerative colitis) I got triaged within an hour and had blood tests done within an hour after. Only saw a Dr after 7 or 8 in the morning and then was with her an hour at most, went for an X-ray and then had to sit for maybe another 5-6 hours to find out the results of a blood test that they do at the hospital. They were thinking of admitting me to hospital but we’re waiting on the blood results so it’s not as if me just going home was going to help myself.
While I sat waiting on the Dr the last time, I went and asked twice because I hadn’t had word for hours. I also didn’t have anything to eat for 24 hours as I didn’t have an evening meal and I couldn’t use a vending machine as I had no cash or card as I don’t think I would be there 16 hours.
That sounds awful =(
It was and I’m still suffering a flare up 5 weeks later. The only thing that’s actually changed is I don’t have constant cramps all day.
What country was this? Just out of curiosity. I can’t tell from the way you write
UK and Northern Ireland. Where we had our government collapse twice while there’s a plethora of issues in healthcare, education, economy and just about everything else a government is responsible for. We would’ve actually set the world record for the longest time without a government if we were recognized by the UN as a sovereign nation.
Sounds like the UK to me. Waits like this are not uncommon here in A&E when you are in a stable condition. The NHS has been underfunded for years and it is just getting worse.
Northern Ireland is particularly bad with the executive collapsing twice in 10 years.
It doesn’t sound too different to Cymru despite having a relatively stable left-leaning government. Last time I was admitted to A&E, I was in there for about 14 hours. At least they fed me plenty of sandwiches :)
I didn’t get anything except for a few biscuits the Dr gave me when I told her the last time she saw me before discharging me that I hadn’t eaten anything for 24 hours. She actually said that could’ve been a good thing because of the cramps.
How do you even know how much time has passed in the exam room? There’s no windows or clocks. It’s like a shitty casino.
They should add a blackjack table to my Drs office.
I wear a watch, but most people have a clock on the phone they’re staring at the whole time they’re waiting.
Yeah, I don’t want to win any of the games in that casino.
Uhh, a wristwatch? Your phone?
I once fell asleep while wearing the paper gown at the gynecologist’s. I don’t know how long I waited, but I had a really nice nap and they were super apologetic when I woke up and popped my head out.
Everytime I go to the dentist, just when I’m about to fall asleep the dentist tells me to keep my mouth open
I get a wedge on the inactive side so I can sleep 💀
As someone that likes to nap, you’ve inspired me for my next visit.
30 min, and if it happened more than once I’d change doctors and 1 star them. Get your shit together.
I take the Dennis Reynolds approach:
“I will come down on this hospital like the hammer of Thor! The thunder of my vengeance will echo through these corridors like the gust of a thousand winds!”
I know, at least for younger me, it was above 2 hours. I had a bunch of exams, and people were leading me to different rooms. After an x-ray:
– wait here and we will get you if we want another picture
like two hours pass, and someone comes in the door:
– oh, there you are, come on, next exam
30 minutes period. Why would I give them far more time than is considered reasonable in basically any other context? I have walked out before
20 minutes, then assuming there’s a closed door, I’ll just leave the door open
If 10 more minutes pass I’m popping my head out and asking for a potential estimate. If I get to 45 minutes and nobody has spoken to me I’m out, and will be quite irritated upon rescheduling. By that point I’ve been there for over an hour and unlike everyone whose taking their sweet time, I’m not being paid to be there.
I’ve watched too many nurses, doctors, and random medical staff just stand around talking outside patient rooms about the latest gossip to believe they’re running behind on appointments anymore. The local network schedules in 20 minute blocks, and I’ve NEVER had a single appointment face to face with a doctor for more than 10. Usually less than 5 unless there’s something majorly wrong. And despite “privacy” of separate rooms, I can hear surrounding rooms taking just as long.
I’m probably being too cynical and harsh, but after almost dying because the asshole who examined me dismissed EXTREMELY obvious signs because “you probably just need to lose weight” I’ve retained less and less patience with local medical staff. And the next closest office/network that will accept my insurance is almost an hour away. So yeah.
