The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #IX.. Stop In!!!

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Don, how do you get your DR’s appointments done. Seems like they want to do a tel-a conference with you for your check up.
I saw my primary care DR the other day and she NEVER laid a hand on me!
These cell phones are a great tool, but I see some holding on to them like a life line.
Phone calls work for me.
I can type on a keyboard but texting is a no go,

Jerry, good to see you my friend.  My PCP has a bevy of PA's to deal with routine stuff, usually can get a next-day appointment with them. Want to talk with him, he's about ten weeks out. They do not do telemed or video conference there. My specialists are usually a few weeks to a month, some will do telemed or video if you ask. There is no insurance co-pay if you do video. Need to go to urgent care, make an appointment on their web site one or two days out, or check in and wait two or three hours to be seen. Need to go to the ER, unless you're bleeding profusely or having a heart attack, be prepared to sit in a hallway with 50 other people for eight hours. Guess how I know all this.... Most require masks, but that's how things were a few weeks ago, don't know what the new year will bring.

You are right about phones, I see some that can text faster than I can talk. There was a cartoon I saw the other day with two people at a table madly texting on their phones and the guy looking at them was saying, "I wonder if they know they're texting each other?" Probably truer than you'd like to think. I can send a brief text message in about five minutes as long as I don't try to spell check.