Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Contacting doctors. I have found out just about every Doctors office > will pay a whole lot more attention to a fax, than a phone call. I > don't know if having it on a paper recorded or what it is. But I do > know getting it on a fax will do a lot more good than just talking tothe lady at the desk or even the nurse. The $45 for a fax is one of > the best moves I ever made If the doctors office or group has a website, I use the contact us button for questions and have had my questions answered there. I also have visited the doctors office in advance by going by sitting in the waiting room as I was a patient and as other patients sitting there questions. Some doctors that seem busy don't mean they are good. The doctor at the pain management I went to was anesthesiologist and had exams scheduled every 13-30 minutes. That is not real good patient time. Just some suggestions. Bennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 I also have found out that regular old mail works, if you can wait a day to talk to someone, that is. Before one of my surgeries in 2004, I sent a real-live letter to my doctor's service with two pages of detailed questions about the surgery, post-op complications, and the like. I got a phone call from a nurse the next day, with answers to all of my questions -- plus an offer to send out some literature and some websites I could check out. Had I attempted to do this over the telephone, who knows? I might still be waiting. MJ in Minnesota ----- Original Message ---- Contacting doctors. I have found out just about every Doctors office will pay a whole lot more attention to a fax, than a phone call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 well I really found that to be the truth, and that way me personaly I can get more information in bu type that I can trying to talk to them they always want to sak questions that has nothing to do with what i'm trying to tell them --- DebiAC012553@... wrote: > Hey, this is very good advice! Thank you very much > for it. I think that printer/scanner also can work as a fax, so I > will have to look into that and use it that way, if I'm right or else invest in a fax machine. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 -I've found that a lot of Doctors offices guard their fax numbers like they were gold, best way to get them I have found is ask them to fax you something. Most of the time the sending fax number will be on it or your caller ID will pick it up. I'm not trying to be mean and sneaky, or do any thing under the table. But it's my pain that has ruined just about every thing in my life; all I want is a line of communication with the people that's trying to help me. " -- In chronic_pain , Jill Duncan wrote:I also have found out that regular old mail works, if you can wait a day to talk to someone, that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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