dear friend
so right you are
over the weekend
i have decided to go through my providers manual
go through the list of doctors close by
as it is me and my granddaughter and Corissa in tow
thinking real hard what are the three most important
questions i must know before committing myself as a patient
on a permanent basis

when i became very ill with my neck being the chief problem back in 2009
having been to more than one orthopedic specialist and two neurosurgeon and not having a real choice in the matter according to all doctors having not only the critical job done
but
in addition
given a 75% chance of success
this unfortunately was not my case
again
i repeat was not my my case

okay here goes

i find a list of pulmonary specialist
found five within reasonable distance
a biggy for me
and here are the three questions i asked
1. how long after the initial first time meet with a new doctor
(that in my opinion with my problems or not) should be at
least 45 minutes to an hour especially when i have to fill out
so many forms

2. does the office double book, or is it first come first serve

3. how long is the doctor in practice

so
of the five doctors i called
ALL said
10 to 15 minutes

then i decided to call my insurance company
asked for my friend Richard
he was out today
yet Chris was kind and ready an willing to help
he was floored
at what i had revealed
what he said was this

i will be happy to call all doctors with the questions now wanted to know

i was taken aback
pleasantly surprised
for him to take the burden off my hands
and making the calls for me
having to hear the responses 10 to 15 minutes
can you imagine
this was the general amount of time given

really
really

what the heck is wrong
with this country
with the system
how in heaven's name can anybody
be assessed properly
here lays the problem IMO
me