Good morning! That view was from the other room. We get to change rooms, like musical chairs . . . fun. Current room has many gadgets to keep one engaged, fascinated, and in awe of medical devices.
It is amazing to think how lost I felt when we first had to find our way around at this totally new place, and now I have adapted to this so it feels like a new home away from home.😀 How sweet of God to be our permanent internal GPS.
And there are three giant cranes near each other on this site to give perspective of the immensity of the building project. Sad to think of all the folks needing all the new hospital capacity!
There is an interesting question: medical services in America.
Good?
A blessing?
Over used?
Manipulative?
Advanced?
Coerced?
My view: I am glad to live where help is so available. I am astounded, now having tv, with the flood of medical commercials and the advice we get to have this or that checked. I believe we are being told how horribly unhealthy we are and need this and that test where we will get prescribed this and that drug which will improve our lives and set us free or cause permanent damage or death. I don’t know what I think but do know I have lived a very full life and am ready to head Home when He calls for me.
So this will be a new hospital wing/ stand-alone center of some kind?
I think our medical care is good – but some of the drugs are very expensive, even with medicare; though the argument there is that it costs quite a bit of money to push the envelope in coming up with continually newer and more effective drugs for companies, it’s not free to pursue that.
I spotted a squirrel and a hawk on the overhead wires outside just beyond my backyard this morning.
I’m back at work today, which is always kind of hard after being out of the news loop for a while and needing to get back to finding stories to write. But that usually takes care of itself, for the most part.
I am sorry to see the long-term doctor arrangement going by the wayside, I miss that. We had the same family doctor all the years while I was growing up and even through my mom’s death.
And I’d had the same GP through my working years until only recently. Now I’ve had 3 in quick succession as they all leave the group practices fairly quickly.
I really liked my last one. Jury’s out on the new one, but I’ve only seen her once and it was for the rather busy pre-op work for the cataract surgery, so not a lot of time to get acquainted at all.
General practitioners are also harder to come by, med students tend to go into the specialties now as it makes a better career choice.
But that’s the other thing, a different doctor now for every little thing. … I miss the days when most things could be handled by your primary care doctor in his or her office where you knew the staff …
So I’d say our medical care is getting less personal, not as much of a relationship that can be developed and relied upon anymore.
So here I am avoiding my yearly check up Of course I have never had a yearly check up before. Always every two or three years.
I admit to not listening to the messages that they left me. Also to sitting there with my phone and not answering the doctors office.
It is probably time to tell her what is going on and see if she has an opinion. Taking care, as best as I can of the circulation issue has greatly helped.
A friend in the Emory patient system said that once you see a doc that you are attached to that doc for their services even if you don’t like the doc. You don’t have a choice about it. We have not had a reason to discover that, but she did and warned us about it. Choose wisely upfront. Of course, I think docs are free to drop patients if they desire.
The advances are great, but the confusion built into the system, especially regarding comunications, derails so many good things that could happen.
Too many low paying positions have been delegated to less-skilled workers, jobs that affect overall outcomes by people who don’t get any glamourous perks or bucks for their work. They will often do the least they can get by with. Not everyone is”working as if unto the Lord.”
The family doctor is a big loss as they were in the know on the family dynamics which helped in diagnosis. And the one stop shopping was nice. Now everything is a specialty, good because in depth treatment is available, but bad in that their focus is on their specialty.
Recently, we were informed our twenty two daughter was removed from the system as of last October because she had moved out of state. Um, no, she is still here.
She also lost a big part of her budget because she was not spending it fast enough. She was saving it so she would first and last month deposit and damage deposit if she had the opportunity to move. “No, you must not save money or we will take it away. Spend it all.” Reminds me of the military and schools.
Janice @1:09, I’d think it would depend somewhat on your insurance plan. I think I’m free to find another GP if I chose to do so, I have a PPO that allows me to go anywhere that takes Medicare. Of course, I may not always be able to afford this plan and may have to go to the HMO system which is more restrictive.
Mumsee- I see all those ads for prescription medications a lot. Every other week it seems there i s new disease to worry about. I feel sorry for any doctors with a hypochondriac as a patient.
I think, in general, health care has gone from being the majority wanting to provide care to the money managers running the show. Everything seems to be about the money these days.
In the largest city near us (65 plus miles away) there are 3 huge hospitals. Ours has just built a beautiful new building. A friend just went and was shocked how difficult it was to just get on an elevator and get up to the floor she needed. Beautiful views, but huge empty waiting rooms.
I find it irritating because a person now seems to get hounded to pay the bill ASAP and in ways that are devious, IMO. For example, I recently got a message my bill was late (I believe it was for about 14.00. So, I usually pay by check, but did it online. Two weeks later, I get the bill and no, it is not late. I also was asked to pay my co-pay six weeks before the appointment once. It was quite a phone call and one I did discuss with my doctor. For some older people or those with mental health issues, this adds terrible stress. The administrators and people on the top seem to have huge salaries and I just think this push is immoral.
None of our care is as good as it was years ago, IMO. That does not mean I do not appreciate the good care given by some exceptional employees. Many of those people are not happy with many of the changes either.
Yes, we are blessed to have health care, but that does not excuse the downward trend. One day, however, I am sure euthanasia for those my age will be the push. I suppose since I am of the generation that insisted on abortion, that there is something fitting about that. I am ready to go, too. The culture of death, however, is not a good thing, but evil. When money is the bottom line, we will see more and more of this. Greed is not good, and it is especially not good in life and death situations.
Yes, several of our local hospitals have been bought out and have lost their humanity. The employees still care but their hands are tied in so many ways.
In Prince Albert, which is the gateway to the north of the province, the province will pay a portion of the doctor’s education fees if they work in the city for a few years. This means a constant turnover of doctors. Once they’ve had some of their tuition paid, they are gone to greener pastures (I don’t blame them). We had 9 different doctors in our first 10 years here. We now have a doctor who grew up in Prince Albert and is working with her dad (who goes to our church). We were looking for our next doctor when I saw she was taking new patients and thought with her last name, she might just be sticking around – and she is and she’s young so she will likely outlast us! Her dad covers for her when she’s on maternity leave, so it’s nice to just all be in the same office.
Kare, that sounds great, Dr. Welby would approve! I do miss that kind of setup. The son of my former decades-long GP now works in the medical practice that morphed out of the dad’s longtime practice when he retired, and that’s nice to see. I hope he stays.
It’s just nice to see him walking up and down the aisles (he looks like his dad) even though I have been with other doctors in the group, all females which I find I now prefer.
Oh, don’t get me started on medical care. I think most of it is designed to keep you coming back without fixing anything.
The company I work for build an entire new building, 7 stories, in Albuquerque without improving admission times etc. The new tower on made it where now, everyone has a private room. Did not add a single bed to the greater system. They are still holding 40+admissions in their ED every day.
I received a collection notice in the mail this morning for a chest xray Miguel had done a month or so ago. He got a bill for $16 via email. I tried to go on and pay it, but the automated system would not accept payments for under $25. No way to speak with a real person. I am not paying $25 if I only owe $16. I called this morning to the collections agency and paid the $16 which would have been paid had they actually sent a bill to begin with. I feel like it is all a racket.
Wandering Views 
Good morning, all.
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Good morning! That view was from the other room. We get to change rooms, like musical chairs . . . fun. Current room has many gadgets to keep one engaged, fascinated, and in awe of medical devices.
It is amazing to think how lost I felt when we first had to find our way around at this totally new place, and now I have adapted to this so it feels like a new home away from home.😀 How sweet of God to be our permanent internal GPS.
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And there are three giant cranes near each other on this site to give perspective of the immensity of the building project. Sad to think of all the folks needing all the new hospital capacity!
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There is an interesting question: medical services in America.
Good?
A blessing?
Over used?
Manipulative?
Advanced?
Coerced?
My view: I am glad to live where help is so available. I am astounded, now having tv, with the flood of medical commercials and the advice we get to have this or that checked. I believe we are being told how horribly unhealthy we are and need this and that test where we will get prescribed this and that drug which will improve our lives and set us free or cause permanent damage or death. I don’t know what I think but do know I have lived a very full life and am ready to head Home when He calls for me.
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Morning!
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So this will be a new hospital wing/ stand-alone center of some kind?
I think our medical care is good – but some of the drugs are very expensive, even with medicare; though the argument there is that it costs quite a bit of money to push the envelope in coming up with continually newer and more effective drugs for companies, it’s not free to pursue that.
I spotted a squirrel and a hawk on the overhead wires outside just beyond my backyard this morning.
I’m back at work today, which is always kind of hard after being out of the news loop for a while and needing to get back to finding stories to write. But that usually takes care of itself, for the most part.
Coffee is ready, thankfully.
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I am sorry to see the long-term doctor arrangement going by the wayside, I miss that. We had the same family doctor all the years while I was growing up and even through my mom’s death.
And I’d had the same GP through my working years until only recently. Now I’ve had 3 in quick succession as they all leave the group practices fairly quickly.
I really liked my last one. Jury’s out on the new one, but I’ve only seen her once and it was for the rather busy pre-op work for the cataract surgery, so not a lot of time to get acquainted at all.
General practitioners are also harder to come by, med students tend to go into the specialties now as it makes a better career choice.
But that’s the other thing, a different doctor now for every little thing. … I miss the days when most things could be handled by your primary care doctor in his or her office where you knew the staff …
So I’d say our medical care is getting less personal, not as much of a relationship that can be developed and relied upon anymore.
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So here I am avoiding my yearly check up Of course I have never had a yearly check up before. Always every two or three years.
I admit to not listening to the messages that they left me. Also to sitting there with my phone and not answering the doctors office.
It is probably time to tell her what is going on and see if she has an opinion. Taking care, as best as I can of the circulation issue has greatly helped.
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A friend in the Emory patient system said that once you see a doc that you are attached to that doc for their services even if you don’t like the doc. You don’t have a choice about it. We have not had a reason to discover that, but she did and warned us about it. Choose wisely upfront. Of course, I think docs are free to drop patients if they desire.
The advances are great, but the confusion built into the system, especially regarding comunications, derails so many good things that could happen.
Too many low paying positions have been delegated to less-skilled workers, jobs that affect overall outcomes by people who don’t get any glamourous perks or bucks for their work. They will often do the least they can get by with. Not everyone is”working as if unto the Lord.”
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The family doctor is a big loss as they were in the know on the family dynamics which helped in diagnosis. And the one stop shopping was nice. Now everything is a specialty, good because in depth treatment is available, but bad in that their focus is on their specialty.
Recently, we were informed our twenty two daughter was removed from the system as of last October because she had moved out of state. Um, no, she is still here.
She also lost a big part of her budget because she was not spending it fast enough. She was saving it so she would first and last month deposit and damage deposit if she had the opportunity to move. “No, you must not save money or we will take it away. Spend it all.” Reminds me of the military and schools.
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Janice @1:09, I’d think it would depend somewhat on your insurance plan. I think I’m free to find another GP if I chose to do so, I have a PPO that allows me to go anywhere that takes Medicare. Of course, I may not always be able to afford this plan and may have to go to the HMO system which is more restrictive.
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Mumsee- I see all those ads for prescription medications a lot. Every other week it seems there i s new disease to worry about. I feel sorry for any doctors with a hypochondriac as a patient.
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“But, Doc, I saw an ad….”
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I think, in general, health care has gone from being the majority wanting to provide care to the money managers running the show. Everything seems to be about the money these days.
In the largest city near us (65 plus miles away) there are 3 huge hospitals. Ours has just built a beautiful new building. A friend just went and was shocked how difficult it was to just get on an elevator and get up to the floor she needed. Beautiful views, but huge empty waiting rooms.
I find it irritating because a person now seems to get hounded to pay the bill ASAP and in ways that are devious, IMO. For example, I recently got a message my bill was late (I believe it was for about 14.00. So, I usually pay by check, but did it online. Two weeks later, I get the bill and no, it is not late. I also was asked to pay my co-pay six weeks before the appointment once. It was quite a phone call and one I did discuss with my doctor. For some older people or those with mental health issues, this adds terrible stress. The administrators and people on the top seem to have huge salaries and I just think this push is immoral.
None of our care is as good as it was years ago, IMO. That does not mean I do not appreciate the good care given by some exceptional employees. Many of those people are not happy with many of the changes either.
Yes, we are blessed to have health care, but that does not excuse the downward trend. One day, however, I am sure euthanasia for those my age will be the push. I suppose since I am of the generation that insisted on abortion, that there is something fitting about that. I am ready to go, too. The culture of death, however, is not a good thing, but evil. When money is the bottom line, we will see more and more of this. Greed is not good, and it is especially not good in life and death situations.
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Yes, several of our local hospitals have been bought out and have lost their humanity. The employees still care but their hands are tied in so many ways.
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I killed a mosquito.
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Doing your part.
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Yes I am.
Mosquito slayer. I need a cape.
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In Prince Albert, which is the gateway to the north of the province, the province will pay a portion of the doctor’s education fees if they work in the city for a few years. This means a constant turnover of doctors. Once they’ve had some of their tuition paid, they are gone to greener pastures (I don’t blame them). We had 9 different doctors in our first 10 years here. We now have a doctor who grew up in Prince Albert and is working with her dad (who goes to our church). We were looking for our next doctor when I saw she was taking new patients and thought with her last name, she might just be sticking around – and she is and she’s young so she will likely outlast us! Her dad covers for her when she’s on maternity leave, so it’s nice to just all be in the same office.
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Kare, that sounds great, Dr. Welby would approve! I do miss that kind of setup. The son of my former decades-long GP now works in the medical practice that morphed out of the dad’s longtime practice when he retired, and that’s nice to see. I hope he stays.
It’s just nice to see him walking up and down the aisles (he looks like his dad) even though I have been with other doctors in the group, all females which I find I now prefer.
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Oh, don’t get me started on medical care. I think most of it is designed to keep you coming back without fixing anything.
The company I work for build an entire new building, 7 stories, in Albuquerque without improving admission times etc. The new tower on made it where now, everyone has a private room. Did not add a single bed to the greater system. They are still holding 40+admissions in their ED every day.
I received a collection notice in the mail this morning for a chest xray Miguel had done a month or so ago. He got a bill for $16 via email. I tried to go on and pay it, but the automated system would not accept payments for under $25. No way to speak with a real person. I am not paying $25 if I only owe $16. I called this morning to the collections agency and paid the $16 which would have been paid had they actually sent a bill to begin with. I feel like it is all a racket.
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And a mask, but you probably have one.
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