A Question About Making Dr. Appointments - Page 5

redwingsgal · ‎03-10-2010

I have always gotten reminders for my annual physical, a computer generated postcard that the physician's group would mail.

I was an office manager for a CVT surgeon for many years and we had to do f/u CTs on anyone who had an endoscopic AAA. I kept track of them and called every one of them to either have the CT at our hospital or one of their choice.

But I would verify this with your doctor as every practice is different,

I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend, til death, your right to say it

hondagirl · ‎07-07-2012

My doctor sent me a reminder for my colonoscopy this year and and I was told he will sendl another reminder in three years... All good with this group of doctors....

aggravated · ‎03-12-2010

I get reminder postcards from two that I see annually.

Still Raining · ‎03-30-2014

I often get reminders, got a call this week from the neurosurgeon's office about an annual MRA. Get calls for annual dexa scans, mammograms, and various cancer scans. I have to remember labs. Usually further doctors' visits are made at time of current visits and them don't seem to call. A mixed bag.

depglass · ‎03-10-2010

The downside may be that your insurance will not cover the procedure if it is done too soon. That is DH's situation, we have to wait, but he has no history of anything wrong. He just has to wait 10 years.

PINKdogWOOD · ‎05-13-2010

@CrazyKittyLvr2 Boy don't I know this - being the secretary for my DH through his ordeal. Started the day after he turned 60 in Jan 2013. Two surgeries to rid of 2 cancers the first left him w/perm ostomy. Oct 2014 he rang the bell one final time after 6 months of 'preventive' chemo. He still worked on/off through his process, he's still working. All this happened 8 days after I retired from 36 yrs of my employment. He did radiation & heavy chemo his first 28 treatment days, then the 1st surgery. Eight months later, removal of liver tumors, chemo continued.

Both your DH & mine are true survivors. Stay strong Ms RLS. I pray your husband's 'checkup' goes perfectly as I know mine will in November.

Susan Louise · ‎03-14-2010

@RedTop wrote:
It is your husbands responsibility to keep up with testing and rechecks. I have never had a reminder from my physician about my colonoscopies; only get reminders for my eye exams.

@RedTop Me too, and I get those as snail mail

CrazyKittyLvr2 · ‎05-11-2013

@PINKdogWOOD I retired in March of 2015, 5 weeks later he was diagnosed and we were off and running. In addition to rectal cancer he also had prostate cancer. It had notspread they were 2 separate types. He did 7 and 1/2 weeks of chemo and radiation.He took 7 chemo pills a day. There was no where close for radition so we traveled 70+ miles round trip 5 days a week for a radiation treatment. He had an 8hr. surgery (robotic) 2 cuts in abdomen in Nov. permanent colostomy. They had to remove rectum etc and sew his entire butt crack. He did well but aweek and a half after surgery that incision opened entirely. He got a staph infection. More hospital with IV antibotics plus 2weeks at home that I did for him. The infection ordeal was 100x worse than the surgery.

We do what we need to do. I would have rather it was me than have to watch him.

halfpint1 · ‎03-10-2010

My clinic reminds me with a call that its the doctors appointment time.

Snowhite714 · ‎06-30-2014

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
Before I bang my head on a wall please give your opinion on the following: DH had a colostomy in fall of 2015 due to cancer diagnosis. In Oct. of 2016 he had a colonoscopy to make sure all was good. Dr. (his surgeon) was happy and said we'll see you in 3 yrs. for another colonoscopy. Now he's due in Oct. of this year and I said we'll have to call for an appointment. DH says they will contact us. I have never had a Dr. call me every year and say it's time for a check-up. This dr. works at a huge hospital with who knows how many patients. I'm sure his office doesn't have the time to track and call hundreds of patients and remember they need this or that. Make it ourselves or wait for them as DH thinks?

@CrazyKittyLvr2 I'm sure it's possible that a reminder can be set up for either the office staff or their automated system to call a patient at a designated time. But if this is important to you, you won't wait for that phone call. If it's time for the follow up call and lake the appointment.