Does this make sense?

Yah I would be peaved, 'specially since you probably waited a month for the original appt.

Sometimes they need to schedule a proceedure on someone at the expense of another patient. I wonder if that is what happened. Yah, I would be peaved, did I already say that!

Its not too late- you can still go somewhere else!

At least she TRIED to accommodate your 3 pm apt even if it meant mid may, look at it that way.. - I am sure that is the way she sees it anyway- Is there some kind of medical transport service that could get you there since your husband is working? Or maybe some type of dial a ride?

On 4/22/2014 stilltamn8r said:

Its not too late- you can still go somewhere else!

At least she TRIED to accommodate your 3 pm apt even if it meant mid may, look at it that way.. - I am sure that is the way she sees it anyway- Is there some kind of medical transport service that could get you there since your husband is working? Or maybe some type of dial a ride?

From the OP- This is true she did accommodate me in the end but I just wish she would have told me when I called the first time. lol. I get wound up because my pain Dr and all (except for my family DR, theyre great) always mess up my appointments and scripts etc. and now it happened at the "new" eye Dr appt. The only service I know around here to take people is the "special" bus service at the next city (25 miles away) and you have to be on Medicare which Im not. We live in the country there are no buses here on a "regular scheduele" or cabs or I would use those. I wanted to go here because my dad and others I know went here. I will wait it out even though it makes no sense to me @ all. Also on their website it states they are open until 7 two nights. But maybe they save those appts for working patients or something? Who knows.

You haven't had the surgery yet, you can still go to another doc.

Maybe you finally got in because someone else canceled.

I can totally understand what you're going through... I've been going though something similar since the end of last December. I had to wait months for an optometry appointment in order to give my eyes time to heal.

It is so frustrating! Hang in there, that's what I'm doing

On 4/22/2014 Chalcedony said: It sounds like the issue with scheduling may be with the doctor that you now need to see, but perhaps not the original one. Maybe the original doctor could accommodate the requested time slot, but the second doctor could not - and it wasn't known that you needed to see the other doctor until the report came back. Circumstances change and adjustments sometimes need to be made - it doesn't mean everyone is incompetent.

I tend to think this is the situation. The doctor they originally scheduled you with may not be the most appropriate one for your vision issue and they were not aware of this until they got the report from your referring doctor.

I just saw the opthalmologist Monday for cataracts. I called last week highly expecting not to get an appointment for at least six months at the location my husband goes to. I was a self referral and advised them I knew I had cataracts and was starting to have vision issues. When I called the centralized scheduling unit; they told me they could schedule me at a different location if I was willing. Actually the office they scheduled me at was closer to our home. I was there from 9:30am to 12:00pm. I have a dense cataract in my right eye and a moderate level one in the left. My right eye will be done first. I do not know when the surgery will be performed, as I have to be seen again to determine the type of lens that will be placed. After that appointment the surgery will be scheduled. We did not even discuss the status of the left eye, as she wants to see how I recover in the right eye. My biggest frustration will probably be not being able to see until I am able to get new glasses after the surgery.

I am so sorry your appointments are not proceeding as you hoped. I am sure once you get examined things will speed up drastically. Since I have to return again for the lens test, you might want to check with them now to see if they can determine the lens type the same day as your exam.

On 4/22/2014 stilltamn8r said:

Its not too late- you can still go somewhere else!

This really depends on where you live ... maybe there isn't anyone else. People in smaller towns and rural areas don't have as many choices.

That stinks. I'd go nuts. I don't have particularly good vision, and I know what a hardship it can be without correction.