To spare you the gorey details, had a fairly typical procedure done with a specialist last Monday. Spoke briefly with the doctor after waking up from anesthesia and he conveyed everything went well and I should be good. Asked me to make a follow up within two weeks to discuss results and recovery. Gave me normal discharge instructions with some stuff to do at home
Made appointment for today. Arrived at 9:00 for 9:15 appointment. No one in waiting room. 11:15 ,I finally get called to the back. Get the usual blood pressure, weight etc, then taken to normal exam room. 45 minutes later at noon I'm still in this room with no one having come in to speak with me. I finally got fed up and left. 20 minutes later the woman in charge of appointments called me to ask why I left. Told her I didn't have all day to sit around just to meet with the PA to discuss the information the doctor already gave to me and my wife. She acted indignant at first then apologized. 15 minutes later the PA called me to discuss stuff over the phone. Nothing I didn't already know.
I'm kind of pissed they wanted me to make an appointment just to discuss the same shit I already knew. Especially considering she ended up doing it over the phone anyway. Couldn't I have made an appointment for them to call me and discuss it over the phone without me wasting 3 hours.
Would you have left too?
How long do you feel is too long to wait at a doctors office ( non emergency)?
Would you wait 5-6-7 hours?
Before it gets brought up - We have really good insurance. Payment was not an issue. This was not a public hospital. It isn't in the hood and it's not some shitty doctor.