Been feeling a bit off since Tuesday. Mild sore throat, probably from the post nasal drip, fairly heavy post nasal drip, headache, general case of the blah’s. No fever, no chills, no cough. A bug has been going around work, which is pretty typical for this time of year, but some folks have been coming down really sick from it. Called out of work yesterday (Wednesday), this morning it wasn’t any better, so I called the doctor’s office to see if I can get an apt.
They won’t schedule me for an in person appt because “you have covid symptoms”.
But they won’t schedule me for a telehealth appt because “the sore throat requires an in person appt”.
Dude.
So I ask what do I have to do to get an appt. Answer: take an at home Covid test. I don’t have one. Well, you’ll need to take one to get an appt. So I ask “So if its positive I can’t get an appt?”, response “oh, no, we’ll just schedule you for a telehealth appt”. But you just said you can’t do a telehealth appt because of the sore throat. “oh if you’re covid positive it overrides that”.
Look, the damn sore throat is because of the post nasal drip, I get a sore throat every time I get a sinus infection. Just schedule me for the telehealth. Nope, can’t do it.
So you don’t want me to go out in public if I’m covid positive, but you want me to go out in public to find a covid test?? Well you have to have a test done before we can schedule you an appt.
The fuck?
For the record, the at home test is negative. But now I’m so pissy I don’t want to talk to the office again, and I’m not THAT miserable, so fuck it, we’ll see what I feel like tomorrow.
I love my doctor (we had a long conversation about covid, symptoms, treatments, and the like a couple years ago, and if it wouldn’t cost her her job she’d have been outright agreeing with me), but the hospital that the practice is attached to is going to drive me to drink. The receptionist, who is not even an entry level nurse, should not be making medical decisions on how to treat patients.