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soul2share -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/15/2012 6:39:40 PM)
Flip the card over, there should be a number to contact BC at. And yeah, if daddy wants his doctor, let him do it. He's an adult, he should be responsible enough to take charge of his own healthcare. This isn't a big deal, and it shouldn't be a huge production. Make a call, get a few numbers, and HE can call to make his appointments. Most doctor's offices will want to speak to him anyway when he needs to make an appointment. If you still want to do everything for the guy, then call the customer support line on teh website and have them walk you thru resetting a password.....of course, since it's his health plan, they will probably want to speak to HIM. See the common thread here? LET HIM DO IT HIMSELF....it's his health and his responsibility.

Exidor -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/16/2012 5:42:32 AM)
> none of the dr's listed are accepting new patients, > and if they are it's months before they have an appointment. That's pretty much the case with all GP doctors in my area, and from comments I've seen, it's not all that rare. In some areas "walk-in clinics" have sprung up to accept patients who can't wait two or three weeks for a doctor's appointment. Other places, they have to find an emergency room, which drives the "why don't you just go to your doctor" types and their insurance people crazy. Even if you find a doctor you can get an appointment with, chances will be that he'll be a "Primary Care Physician" associated with some insurance group, and his only purpose is to provide a preliminary diagnosis before sending you off to the referral-go-round. So you make an appointment about those chest pains, see the doctor a week later, he goes "hmmm" and refers you to a cardiologist, so you wait a week for that, he decides he "needs some tests" and you run all over town to different appointments scattered over the next three weeks, and then when they call to bitch because you didn't make your follow-up appointment, you're already dead. But that's okay, instead of one doctor visit, three doctors and eight test labs made a nice profit, so everything's cool.

kalikshama -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/16/2012 6:41:56 AM)
quote: And yeah, if daddy wants his doctor, let him do it. He's an adult, he should be responsible enough to take charge of his own healthcare. Men are notoriously lax in this department, which contributes to them dying sooner than women. I think it's great that Chris is willing to help out. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8566594/Why-do-men-die-younger-than-women.html When 45-year-old actor Doug Devaney started experiencing chest pains last year, he knew it could be serious – ‘All the men in my family have heart problems,’ he explains. Yet, despite this knowledge – and that he ticks every box doctors would prefer patients didn’t (cigarettes, beer, pork pies) – the father of two sons from Brighton chose to shrug the pain off. ‘Even when my heart was beating so hard I felt it was trying to leave my chest, and the pain was like an incredibly tight band around my upper torso, I ignored it. ‘I’m like most men – when we do fall properly ill, we laugh it off, and pretend it’s nothing so that we don’t look weak - or even risk losing work. There’s a lot at stake if you admit to illness.’ Sadly there is even more to lose if men don’t face up to poor health. Every year, almost 100,000 men are dying prematurely (before 75), compared to about 66,000 women, according to figures from the charity Men’s Health Forum.

fucktoyprincess -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/16/2012 6:48:54 AM)
FR I do believe that that insurance company should be able to tell you eligible doctors in your area. So contacting the insurance company directly should be your first priority. I do agree that men can sometimes be terribly bad about putting health first (although I know some women who are like that, too, who pooh pooh health concerns until it is too late). But I do think when one is part of a couple/family, that helping each other when it comes to health issues is a desirable dynamic. And this is one of those issues that to me doesn't necessarily fall along gender or role lines. As a female submissive, if I were facing health issues and needed a male Dominant's help or advice, I would like to think he would step into that role for me. So I have no issue with your trying to help your Dominant, but I sure hope he would be helpful to you also if you faced a health issue.

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/16/2012 6:07:12 PM)
actually surprisingly enough, i think they would book the appointment with out speaking to him first, of course i tell them i am his wife calling on his behalf cause he's at work during business hours [:D] quote: ORIGINAL: soul2share Most doctor's offices will want to speak to him anyway when he needs to make an appointment.

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/16/2012 6:13:30 PM)
when my health is in question, i don't fuck around i call the dr an get my ass in as soon as they'll see me. Daddy is more likely to just wait an wait an wait and wait. And i want him to get the ball rolling asap. He does drive me everywhere i have to go if nobody else can take me, so that's nice, and very helpful. quote: ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess So I have no ssue with your trying to help your Dominant, but I sure hope he would be helpful to you also if you faced a health issue.

ShaharThorne -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/16/2012 6:44:43 PM)
I had to do it for Lizard when we had the pregnancy scare. Her father did not have the time or the patience to deal with finding an OB/GYN. I also found them a GP clinic on the bus line distance that accepted their insurance since my old GP was not accepting it. Now if she needs to see the doctor, she gets the co-pay from her father and sees them. The office knows that she is an independent teenager and has my information and her father's onhand in case of something serious. BCBS's website can be user friendly if you know how to use it. United Healthcare has so many plans that I got lost for the first 10 minutes until I had to review the cards.

soul2share -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/16/2012 8:36:11 PM)
I didn't say it wasn't nice that she's helping out, it's just that just by her comments she's posted on boards about him, he strikes me a being lazy, almost extremely lazy. In fact, if she wasn't the one screwing around trying to get him a doctor, it wouldn't get done. My point is that he is an adult, and if he can't be bothered, then why should she? Maybe it's just me, but once you reach the age of adulthood, you're pretty much responsible for yourself. She's more his mother than significant other. But again, that's probably just my outlook about handling one's life and responsibilities. As far as Chris...did you see if any of those walk in clinics take BC? Here in the J'ville area, most of them take the area insurance, it's just that they ALL don't take ALL insurances....you have to find out which ones do. Check the BC website and see if you can search for clinics, it's how I found the ones that took my Aetna crap...I mean, Aetna insurance. Just search by zip code. The only downside I could see is the time you might spend waiting for a doctor, but at least you'll see one. And they have later hours, and weekends too.

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/17/2012 9:07:26 AM)
He's going to the dr to talk to them about getting meds for his chronic depression, i doubt walk in dr's would be in any position to prescribe SSRI's or hand out anything more than antibiotics. It would be a waste of time to go to a walk in dr. Unless they did have the ability and willingness to prescribe pych meds. If they would, then there's a bunch of walk ins that might take BC. One of them happens to be on the way to work. quote: ORIGINAL: soul2share As far as Chris...did you see if any of those walk in clinics take BC?

kalikshama -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/17/2012 9:44:55 AM)
quote: Unless they did have the ability and willingness to prescribe pych meds. Call and find out?

soul2share -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/17/2012 9:53:05 AM)
I'm with Kali....the clinics around here actually advertise as primary care clinics. If you don't ask, you'll never know. Otherwise, you can continue to go through the issues you're going thru trying to find someone. Just a suggestion to make it a little easier for you.

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/17/2012 9:59:38 AM)
OK! IT's dependent on the dr on call, this one is willing provided everything goes well during the exam, and it won't be more than a 30 day trial thingie, but that's a start in the mean time, cause he has a dr appointment the 15th of may.

tsatske -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/17/2012 10:03:21 AM)
When I lived in Cleveland, there was a bunch of walk in clinics that also opperated as Primary Care. You could go by appointment or walk in. I used one as my primary care physican, and made an appointment when I could. When I moved home to my hometown, I used a walk in clinic in the grocery store (we have them in drug stores, too) to get my psch meds refilled and keep them that way till I could find a new primary doc. A lot of primary docs are not willing to hand out the kind of heavy pysch meds and dosages I need, I found one that was simply by using a doc in the office that my extended family - sis, DBIL, grandmother, - already used, and I knew from dealing with my grandmother that I liked the office. She was willing to keep me on my current doses of pysch meds, as prescribed by a pysch in another state, for the YEAR it took me to get in to see a pysch. I was very greatful.

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/17/2012 11:19:07 AM)
We were leaving to go to the walk in clicnic, but we're not going any where, his car's broke. the check engion soon light came on yesterday an then today we tried to start it an it would start and sputter, then die we'd start it again and it'd die. then it was roaring in a weird way an then it started jerking back an forth, almost like someone was playing stomp on the gas an then stomp on the break, but he wasn't doing it and then it was whining in a high pitched kina almost scream, and died again as we were backing out . Carmax can't fix it till friday , zines can look at it tomorow.

LafayetteLady -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/17/2012 12:51:15 PM)
Chris, My primary doctor is in what is also a "walk in" clinic. I went to a different doctor when my insurance changed, and now pay out of pocket to see him again, he is that much better of a doctor. "Walk in" clinics, or "Urgent Care" as they are known in my area are not necessarily just for situations where people need to see a doctor right away, but don't need the emergency room. Yes, they meet that need, but many will also take appointments, and are happy to act as your primary care physician. The "Urgent Care" where my doctor is located has not only my doctor who is a D.O., but also several specialists and they just took on a very good pyschiatrist as part of their team as well. Remember that he needs to take an active role in his medical care. He needs to be honest with the doctor about how he is feeling, and if the doctor prescribes medications, he needs to be honest about how they are working. As we know from multiple posts around here, not all anti-depressants work the same for everyone. I hope that you guys are lucky enough that the doctor at the walk in clinic turns out to be as great as mine did. Without him, I would be receiving half assed treatment from a doctor who should have retired long ago and has no desire to listen to his patients.

tsatske -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/17/2012 1:13:34 PM)
quote: As we know from multiple posts around here, not all anti-depressants work the same for everyone. Ain't that the truth. One anti-depressent they put me on one time, all I could do was lie on the couch and cry. Didn't even know why I was crying. it was horrible. They took me off it and put me on something else at my very next appointment, of course.

LafayetteLady -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/17/2012 1:22:05 PM)
When I was put on Cymbalta for my fibromyalgia, I started having hallucinations. I went off that pronto as well, but that is SOOOO not the call you want to make to your doctor, "Hi doc! I've been hearing and seeing things that aren't there...."

Toppingfrmbottom -> RE: Does any one else find trying to get a dr with blue cross as angering an frusterating as i do? (4/17/2012 2:06:14 PM)
I was on a medication, and the pych dr thought that pairing abilify , note that i have no depression issues, with it was a good idea, and when it depressed the fuck out of me, the dr refused to believe it was depressing me and that i had become so depressed all i wanted to do was lay i n bed and cry. He also refused to believe the Respirdal he gave me was making me have vertigo, even though i'd regularly suddenly tip over and fall, or suddenly get so dizzy i had to have someone hold onto me before i could be trusted not to fall down, he claimed i had just stood up to fast and was imagaining an issue, sudden diarrhea, to the point i was messing myself, and all the other serious side affects i was having. I took myself off of the med, and low and behold, all that went away. He also wanted to put me on a medication knowing i am diabetic, that had the very serious risk of spiking blood sugar so bad the diabetic could go into diabetic coma, i said oh hell no. I'm not touching that med. quote: ORIGINAL: tsatske Ain't that the truth. One anti-depressent they put me on one time, all I could do was lie on the couch and cry. Didn't even know why I was crying. it was horrible. They took me off it and put me on something else at my very next appointment, of course.

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