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Required Doctor Visits

So, I call the pharmacy and ask for a refill on my prescription. They say I have no refills so they will call the doctor. The next day I stop by and find out that the doctors office told them I need to make an appointment and come in. Why do I hear this from my drug store?
Anyway, I call the doctors office and my doctor is off today...hmmm.

So I say, look, I'm going out of town and I need a refill on my allergy medicine that I have been taking for 11 years prescribed by my doctor I have been seeing for 15 years, can you help a brother out?

Their reply?

No!! Got to come in.

Apparently, I have not been to see the doctor since 2007. Feeling pretty good actually! Just having a little pollen issue. Been having it for many years. But I will have to go pay the $40 or whatever the gatekeeper for my prescriptions wants to provide relief. (remember, the doctor is off so I'm going to see a nurse practitioner!) not counting the loss of income for waiting in the office for several hours until they can "work me in!"

The medical office in this entry is: Carilion Family Medicine - Daleville Dr. Polk

In fairness, I was never able to speak to Dr. Polk but all the unidentified employees said it was her orders they were following!


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