Pluggers by Rick McKee for June 06, 2024

I’m an old plugger. So up because I need one of everything from the doctor.

And they know your name.

even worse – they see you anyway – and then finally, they actually find something wrong.

The elder loop…..

Doctor’s office;“We can get you an appointment in 4 months.”

Me;“I am hurting now.”

Doctor’s office;“You can go to urgent care.”

Urgent care;“We are closed. Go to ER.”

ER, “Make an appointment with your doctor.”

repeat….

I often find my wife getting ready for a doctor’s / dentist’s / whatever’s appointment that she doesn’t have. Sometimes, we’ll go to the market just to get her out of the house.

Me bearly goes to doc.

“been there, done that”

Or you show up with the appointment card…….for that day and time!

Another one I have never done ;-)

I remember the day when you could just walk into a doctor’s office, now it’s just apps and ai to get an appointment. Whatever happened to talking to people?! We used to be people but now were machines.

Pluggers play the odds by having doctor’s appointments most days.

I stay as far away from doctors as I can. All they ever want to do is give you a pill anyway.

I’m killing time for the next two hours reading GoComics WITHOUT COFFEE !!! before my annual physical/fasting blood tests.

I get the same question at the VA when they know I have an appointment ! ! !

I’ve been to my clinic once when I didn’t have an appointment. They wanted to setup a virtual visit, but couldn’t make it work. Finally saw one of the ODs for about 1/4 the time wasted trying to setup a virtual.

reflex action

I forget, do I have an appointment?

Like I have always heard… “Go to a physician for a ‘routine’ visit, they are probably going to find something to treat”…

With what is charged for a ten minute or less consultation, and what Medicare claims to not cover, I stay away as much as I can.

I so wish that I could just see the Doc when I have a genuine reason instead of Medicare dictating when I am sick, injured, or due for some stupid wellness time-consuming uniformative check.

Plugger would like the complimentary granola bar.

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

Pluggers exist in a sort of fog, unsure what day it is or where they’re going, and are driven forward only by the vague but unshakeable knowledge that they are in urgent need of medical attention.

I’ve actually done that, and showed up early to boot.

What brings me here? The bus, as usual, since you people had them take my driver’s license away. :)

my dentist told me as a joke he would set out a bowl of taffies in his waiting room, and evidently word got around, and people who were not even patients would just come in, grab some, and walk out!…(guess he was trying to drum up more business! Lol!)

I was at the doctor’s the other day. The older man in front of me said “I had an appointment for today at 10:15, but I rescheduled it to July 9th. Then my meeting was canceled for this morning, and I wondered if the doctor could still see me today.”

whiling away the time in the crowded waiting room at the eye clinic, i was entertained by the receptionist patiently explaining to the elderly gentleman, your appointment is tomorrow at 10:30, tanaka-san… ☺

Stay healthy= avoid needing doctors.

Stay wealthy= avoid needing lawyers.

Husband is terrified of doctors. Our eye doctor is located in the next county – yes, he is THAT GOOD. Saved husband’s vision when others said could not be saved.

When we go to see him we make appointments back to back. Most of his staff know about us (the “cute old couple”) and take us both into the same exam room at the same time. Doctor had someone new this last trip and she was taking me to a separate room, so I had to explain. Doctor starts husband’s exam then dilates his eyes. Doctor then starts my exam then dilates my eyes and goes to another patient. Later comes back to finish our exams back to back. We then go sit in our car in the parking lot until husband feels he can see to drive home. (When he was in his old office we would go to nearby stores and walk around while waiting for eyes to adjust.)