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On average, how long do you have to travel to see your diabetes care provider? Please answer for the time it takes to get to the clinic from whichever location you most often leave for your appointments, whether that be your home, your workplace, or another location.
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If my husband is available, it takes around thirty minutes. This is the usual.
Sometimes when not, it takes around two hours by bus.
I am grateful for the job he has and his involvement in my health care.
It takes me 3 hours every 3 months which is required by Medicare because Iām wearing a pump.
I donāt think you have to see an endocrinologist every 3 months, Iām on Medicare and a Primary Care Provider works
I live in walking distance from my home to my ENDO’S OFFICE. No Clinic, that’s the advantage of living in a large Metropolitan area. There are at least ten Large Hospitals and countless walk-in offices with-in 15 miles of my house.
For the past 10 years, I have driven about 40 to 45 minutes to the hospital where my Endo office is located.
However, From 1985 until 2012, I drove 5 hours, each way to see my Endo. I lived in very rural area in the mountains of Northern New York State at that time. I do miss my NY State Endo (Syracuse Joslin Clinic).
My Endocrinologist is across the state from where I live. Some 250+ miles and 4-5 hrs away.
0 minutes – I do virtual appointments. The longest I ever had to wait in the āwaiting roomā was less than 5 minutes.
She is 2.5-3 hours away. We mostly do video or telehealth appts. And she is absolutely worth it when I have to drive.
I see my primary care MD at Kaiser in the office 15-30 minutes away. However I also see care providers at the VA, primarily via telemed appointments, as they are located 60 – 90 minutes away.
I just moved and donāt have an endocrinologist yet. Iāve made an appointment with a PCP and when I do see an endocrinologist I think it will be a long drive. Iām on Medicare and a PCP works for the 3 month rule.
My old endo was very close. For my new endo I have to take the subway or bus (I prefer bus) and that takes close to an hour when I include the time spent walking to the stop, waiting for the bus and the ride itself. Then I have to do the return trip which usually takes longer.
I intersperse visits to my internist with my endocrinologist’s NP every three months….the internist is close…not the 45 plus for the NP.
My son’s endo is 1 1/2 hrs from us, but he comes up every 3 months at another doctor’s office. He goes to the endo’s clinic for his annual checkup 90 miles south of us.
In addition to 45 minute time, hav $4 toll and $6 parking fee
It takes about 15 min to get to my endo’s office from my house, but I’ve only seen her in person once, years ago. I’ve had telehealth visits every three months since then with her or with her CDE to comply with Medicare requirements.
Takes me 30-45 min for the 12 miles only because of big city traffic and parking, sometimes an hour. She’s worth it, though.
3-1/2 hours. There is no Endo that works here.
Really depends on traffic. I’m not that far but live in the Seattle area. I always allow at least 30 minutes to get there.
I live in the Puget Sound too. It’s about 25 miles but could take anywhere from 30 -90 minutes.
Only takes so long because I ride the bus. The doctor is about 7 miles away.
When I was driving it took about a half hour depending on traffic and weather conditions. Now that I use the paratransit service the latest I can arrange for pick-up is 45 minutes before my appointment, usually an hour before.
When I was dxād in 2013, my GP suggested I go to an Endo an hour away as the local one was really, really busy. I am happy with my Endo, however now there are two new ones in my town I could try to see! What a dilemma. Iāll be 65 in February and keeping existing federal health insurance and adding Medicare. I think I will stay put for now! Thatās too many changes for the insurance companies to catch up.š¬
My endoās office is only 8 minutes away but he lives right up the street from me, which is handy as I run into him frequently while outside mowing or walking or riding my bike.
I moved from Boston down to CT about 2 yrs ago, but really loved my endo at Brigham & Women’s, so I didn’t look for a local person. It’s about 2:15 to Boston. Now Medicare insists I see someone every 3 months to cover my pump supplies (which is absurd, my control is excellent–5.9 A1C at last test a week ago). So I guess I have to find someone local now. Sigh.
I donāt know where in CT you are but I have a wonderful endocrinologist in Katonah NY. It was about a half hour from Wilton. Her name is Dr. Rita Landman
Does your endocrinologist offer Telehealth appointment’s? I do two a year, so I don’t have to go into the city, and have my every 3 months lab work done when I go for my every 28 day’s oncology treatment. It save me time to have it done at that site, since Ill be there anyway and it’s only 35 miles away, instead of 58.
Used to be about half hour but I moved to TX. Sheās in NY and I donāt want to switch.
I am the real 3-sigma deviant here with 1.5 hours. I live 42 miles away (41.6 technically). But between poor road traffic, urban congestion, poor planning, and poor public transport . . . I need to allow at least 1.5 hours.
And that is not including because of hurricane Ian flooding an extra 10 miles, an extra 10 stoplights, and an extra 10 minutes driving. How do you people travel further distance in less times? Super Sonic Transports, I guess.š
2&1/2-3 hours
I said 1 to 1.5 hours, but it depends on traffic, road work, etc. It’s always 1.5 hours, has taken as long as 4 hours.
Two hours and fifteen minutes. Worth the drive.
The frustrating part is waiting for the provider after arriving and.or waiting for call backs after leaving phone messages etc. And if this includes suppliers of strips, insulin, etc, dealing with irritating phone/chat delays ,,,,