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How did you schedule your next appointment with your main T1D health care provider?
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I have not schedule an apointment with any doctor to discuss my diabetes for a long time.. ” many years “…. 70 years T1D, 91 years OLD..
How do you get the script for your insulin?
My last appointment was televideo on Zoom. So, I made my appointment via telephone. I tried using my hospital’s patient portal to make the appointment, but that was fruitless. By the way, my next appointment is tomorrow morning 🙂
If I had the choice it would’ve been phone, but he’s doing back in clinic now
They always schedule it before I leave. If something comes up and I need to reschedule I call but it’s super hard to find anything within 4 months if I do that so it’s always better to be on their calendar when I’m in the office.
I always schedule my next appointment when I see either my endo or the NP. We alternate visits.
The doctor’s office schedules me, and tells me as I check out — was originally for the next visit in 3 months, then the next 2 visits. At my February visit, I found that they have now scheduled me for the next 3 visits, so through the end of the year. Since they make it the same day of the week and approximate time, I have only once, in recent years, had to change it.
My appt was virtual, with next scheduled at end of appt.
Because of Medicare’s inflexibility on being seen every three months, my endo has a system. She books me for two appointments 3 and 6 months out. When I go in for the first in 3 months she books me for a new one 6 months out and gives me the lab orders she wants done. If there is any change in her schedule she works through lunch and gets her patients in so Medicare does not have a fit.
I sometimes wish it were Medicare having the fit instead of me. Too much stress for a disease that doesn’t respond so well to things like that!
They send me an appointment. It’s usually far into the future. Twice a year in person. Otherwise by email or phone.
After my visit with my provider when checking out I schedule my next visit
I tried that today. They told me they don’t schedule out 3 months ahead. So, I have to play the guessing game about when to call for my next appointment.
Scheduled at end of current appointment.
I am scheduled every 3 months for a year at at a time, usually for Sept, Dec, Mar, June and the schedule is renewed every September for the next year.
I see my Endo every three months so I make my appointments at end of session. They also have a lab so I book those also.
I always schedule my next appointment as part of my current one. Usually I see my consultant every six months. The same person has looked after me for at least a decade now.
Always when checking out I am setting up the next visit and since on CIQ with A1c of 5.4 to 5.6 she doesn’t have an issue with Medicare approving every 4 months
The hardest part is the amount of time it takes to get an appointment. I have to book 6 months out now just to see the endocrinologist! I know I’m not the only one either, it’s just that it has become the norm here like we are in Canada or somewhere else besides the US….. just venting.
I schedule my next appointment when I check out from my last appointment.
Usually I don’t book an appointment, they send me an invite for it.
They usually schedule my next appointment while at my current appointment, but for some reason they said they would call me to make my next appointment. Wasn’t sure why, but that was okay.