My general physician is refusing to return to work in person, offering “telehealth” appointments only still.
All other doctors I’ve seen since March—physical therapist, gynecologist, oncologist, dermatologist, and dentist—are back in person.
I guess I’ll be shopping for a new general practictioner soon.
My endocrinologist, who doubles as my family doctor is seeing patients. I go once every six months with fasting bloodwork done before my appointment. I just saw him a couple of weeks ago. Also saw my eye doctor a couple of weeks before that. I’ve got a dental appointment for cleaning in early October. The only thing they wanted to know was if I’d been out of the country, or had plans to travel out of state before my appointment, or if I’d had any Covid symptoms. Went to Walgreen’s yesterday and got my yearly flu shot. They took my temperature prior to getting the shot. I’m 73.
Believe it or not, my Rheumatologist retired because he was terrified of having to use the new computer system put in place by the medical group he belonged to. I was flabbergasted one day during an appointment when he walked into the room, took one look at the darkened computer screen, and said: "Ohhh, that's not good." I asked him if he meant that the screen had shut off, and he said "Yes." I told him it mostly likely had gone to sleep, and all he had to do was hit one of the keys to wake it up. He was dumbfounded, and thanked me for having "fixed" his computer. I asked him if he didn't use a computer at home, and he said, Yes, that he had one, but had never known that computers go to sleep. Now I'd been seeing this doctor for a good many years, and had I known he was that dumb from the beginning, I never would have gone to him. It was a blessing therefore, that he retired.