Looking for buddies who also have unpredictable cycles....

[GingerPanda]

Hope your doctor's appointment provides some answers for you!

Mine is on the 20th, so coming up!

 

[pola17]

Eternity, hope you get answers! When is your appointment???

 

[Eternity]

Well I knew my local doctors surgery was pretty useless but its ridiculous

Phoned up this morning and my appointment (because its not an emergency) is NEXT Wednesday evening - not with a dr but with the useless practice nurse!!

Apparently we only have one female dr and she only works two days a week and so is always all booked up!

 

[pola17]

What??!!! Why is it difficult to find appointments in the US?

 

[GingerPanda]

Because a practice might have six doctors, but only three of them will be good, and they'll only work two or three days a week at the office and spend some time working at the hospital. And in a lot of practices, once you're signed on with a doctor, the other practice doctors won't see you, unless it's an emergency. I booked my appointment for March 20th back in January.

Our practice only had one female doctor too, and the waiting list for a new patient appointment was a whole YEAR! I had to suck it up and make an appointment with a male doctor in the practice. He's not that bad.

The nurses piss me off though. They're always so rude and assume I don't know anything!

 

[pola17]

wow, almost 2 months prior the appointment???
I guess in that way, Ecuador is different. Sometimes it can take up to a week to see a specialist, sometimes, you get an appointment for the same day.

But for some sickness, we have to fly to other countries to get cured! :/

 

[Eternity]

I'm not in the US, I'm in the UK, so I'm lucky to have the NHS - meaning we don't have to pay for treatment or have insurance (unless we choose to go private of course).

The town I live in isn't huge but the drs are always booked up way in advance - except for emergency appointments but I was honest and said it wasn't an emergency!

Our female doctor works between our practice and another one in a nearby smaller town. Just think its so wrong for the number of women in our town!

And goodness knows how long the wait would be for an appointment with her - I'm waiting a week just to see the nurse!

 

[GingerPanda]

AF may or may not be a day late for me. My cycles are usually 30 days, sometimes 31 or 32. Today is CD31. If AF doesn't show by Saturday, I'll take a FRER.

 

[Eternity]

Good luck FXed AF is a no show for you

 

[pola17]

It's incredible how things are too different on each country!!

Gingerpanda, let's hope the witch won't catch ya!!