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2getherwewin

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #30 on: January 20, 2013, 09:15:57 am »
I HAVE WAITED 2 HRS AND 30 MIN.  JUST ON MONDAY. I THINK THAT IS VERY UNFAIR BECAUSE PEOPLE HAS THINGS TO DO.

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #31 on: January 20, 2013, 01:57:39 pm »
I am one of those people that don't like to late for any appointment I have so I leave my house an hour before my appointment and sit in the parking lot until check in time which is about 15 minutes before the appointment.  Now I have been taken in to the examination room and wait for more then an hour to see the doctor and found out the mark that show a patient hadn't been move to show I was in there.  I also recently had a doctor order a breathing test for me after I told her no I wouldn't take the test due to having a chest cold.  She wouldn't cancel the order and her staff insisted that the test had to be taken.  I am no longer see that doctor and I told my insurance company that she should not be in our insurance plan due to her POOR bedside manner.

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #32 on: January 20, 2013, 02:30:56 pm »
When my longtime family doctor sold his practice and retired several years ago he had told me the dr. buying his practice was a good dr. and a good Christian so I tried to keep going there but after 2 different appts. that kept me waiting for over 2 hrs. I just had to change doctors.  I was still working back then and did not like having to use my PTO sitting in a dr's office.  The most I've ever had to wait at the dr.'s ofc. I switched to has been 30 minutes.  I consider that long enough.  I just don't think they need to try to schedule so many appts. cause any little thing that goes wrong or any patient that requires more than the 5-10 mins just bogs everybody down for the whole rest of the day.  I know their time is valuable but I don't consider my time any less valuable just because I am not a doctor.

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #33 on: January 20, 2013, 02:57:18 pm »
My  doctor is prett good.  I think the longest I waited was 15 minutes.  M sister waited 5 hours once to see a specialist!  :BangHead:
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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #34 on: January 20, 2013, 03:16:44 pm »
30 minutes

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #35 on: January 25, 2013, 11:46:33 am »
Always wait at least an hour.  But if reversed, and you are late for appt, they want to reschedule. 

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #36 on: January 25, 2013, 11:54:43 am »
I very seldom have to wait more than 10 or 15 minutes to see the doctor that I'm going to now.  Day before yesterday I didn't even get to sit down before I was called back and then the doctor followed me right in the room.  It's never been that fast before.  I wasn't there more than 15 minutes total. 
The doctor I used to go to required a very long wait and I always have to wait at least an hour to see the opthamalogist.

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #37 on: February 13, 2013, 09:06:52 am »
I just waited 2 hours and 15 minutes yesterday at my doctor's appointment and still left without seeing the doctor my husband and I had some other stuff to take of. CRAZY!
That ain't nothing I have wiated 5 hous for a doctor,ans it is like that every time I go to that doctor.

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #38 on: February 13, 2013, 09:16:50 am »
The longest I think I have ever waited is about 3 hours.  I only wait about 5 minutes to go back with my new doctors.  After I am in a room the doctor is in there within 15 minutes, one most visits.  There are times that I walk in, go straight back, doctor in room and out within 30 minutes.  Which  is awesome!  For me scheduling is everything.  The time of the appointment makes a difference in the amount of time I have to wait.  I love first thing in the morning or after lunch appointments....in and out. :)

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #39 on: February 13, 2013, 03:50:00 pm »
I went to the doc yesterday and sat in the waiting room for 2 hrs. After asking the receptionist if they had forgotten about me, they took me to his office where I sat waiting for another 3/4 hr! When he eventually came in the whole appointment only lasted 4 minutes! My whole afternoon was wasted   :'(

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #40 on: February 13, 2013, 05:24:35 pm »
I think I waited an hour last time I went which was normal. I had to wait longer at the dentist.

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #41 on: February 13, 2013, 05:41:53 pm »
Seeing the doctor can be a pain in the *bleep*. The longest I ever waited was couple hours.

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #42 on: February 13, 2013, 05:54:21 pm »
The longest I waited for a doctor was an hour. :heart:

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #43 on: February 13, 2013, 06:12:32 pm »
I just waited 2 hours and 15 minutes yesterday at my doctor's appointment and still left without seeing the doctor my husband and I had some other stuff to take of. CRAZY!

longest time for me at the doctor's office was 2 hrs and 20 mins.  its rediculous that they make you wait that long.

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Re: What's the longest time you waited to see a doctor.
« Reply #44 on: February 13, 2013, 06:42:10 pm »
4 hours at the emergency room.  >:(

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