This is how all my appointments go with my GP:

Doc: "Hey, how are you doing?"

Me: "Good, and you?", or "Not so good , you?"

Doc: "I'm great". "What can I do for you today?"

Me: "I have three issues" (which I have listed on a paper); headaches, urinary hesitency, and I need a new LDN rx"

Doc: "Ok, I'll start with the rx" (which is the obvious priority)

... now we are 5 minutes into it . . .

Doc: "Ok, tell me about the headaches?"

Me: Blah, blah, blah

Doc: Blah, blah, blah

... now we are 10 minutes into it . . .

Doc: "Now, as for the the hesitancy . . . does it hurt when you urinate?"

Me: "A little burning, maybe"

Doc: "How long has this been going on?"

Me: "A week or so"

Doc: Do you have any MS symptoms acting up?

Me: "Just some new numbness in my feet."

... 15 minutes has passed and times up . . .

Doc: "Well, I am going to have the nurse do a UTI test, and will fill out a rx in case it comes back positive". "If it does, we will call back by tomorrow to tell you to fill it." "If it doesn't, I want to you back here next week to do some further testing, to see if you should be referred to a urologist".

Then there are other times when I bring my daughter in for something, and as long as I have told the receptionist before hand (she has pulled my chart), he will try to fit both of us into a 15 min consult.

Of course there are times that take longer then 15 min for one issue too . . . and he doesn't kick me out if he is not done on that one issue before the time is up.

I respect his schedule cause I hate to be the next patient who is waiting for someone who takes far longer then is scheduled for their visit.

Cherie