@smudges I’ve been taking thyroid medicine for 15 years and I shouldn’t need another appointment for a blood test. I don’t even need another thyroid test unless I’m symptomatic. I rather test when something is off, which is exactly what my doctor in TN let me do. She was the one who finally got me the most stabilized. I’m not taking a new dose, and I was tested two months ago.
My CMP, CBC, vitamin D, also does not need an appointment, unless there was some new development. I do want that all tested at least twice a year. Sometimes more if I’m taking a new med.
I just had a stress test and echo at my cardiologist.
I see my GYN once a year. Dermatologist. I had a colonscopy a year ago.
I’m not saying I don’t want to ever have to go to the doctor for my drugs and tests, I realize they need to CYA, and seeing a patient in real life sometimes doctors pick up on important things, although I think young doctors less so. I’m saying once a year at a GP should be enough when I have specialists managing most of my health concerns. Hopefully, they aren’t planning every three months to get my medicine, because that is ridiculous and a scam and a risk I hate taking (GP offices have contagious people). We’ll see.
Almost always when I point out I pay for everything they change their tune. In other words it is insurance fraud and no respect for my time. I didn’t say anything this time, I was happy to get the scripts I needed.