Which Counties in MD Fit?

[macalan]

Originally Posted by JudithM65

My husband and I moved to the Charleston area late last year after 30+ years from Maryland. Be careful where you move to. We are finding the medical care here (mostly MUSC) to be more thorough, more detailed than the Annapolis, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. area. I really liked our doctors in Maryland and was concerned about leaving them and finding medical care in SC. I won't go into detail on our medical concerns, but the doctors here tend to look at the whole person and spend more time with the patient.


We have not had any issues going with each other to doctors' appointments as recently as yesterday. We have been to our primary care office, Ashley River Tower, MUSC hospital, Hollins Cancer Center, Nexton, North Charleston.



I do agree from what I have read and heard that more eligible Marylanders are vaccinated than here in SC. When we first moved here, there were plenty of ads on local tv about getting vaccinated, getting COVID testing, etc. We do not see as many nowadays.


Good luck with your relocation decisions.

Thanks. That's interesting to hear especially since Johns Hopkins is one of the top hospitals in the country. Often with these hospitals, they are more impersonal, like MGH in Boston where we are from, but provide superb care.

I have had good care in the Charleston area, and some really sub-par bordering on negligent care. MUSC unfortunately does not take our insurance.

It's interesting how different doctor's offices handle masks/visitors. I just had surgery and my husband was allowed to be with me until they took me to surgery, but was not allowed to come up to recovery when I was waking up. He also isn't allowed to go to any of my oncology appts.

[JudithM65]

Originally Posted by macalan

Thanks. That's interesting to hear especially since Johns Hopkins is one of the top hospitals in the country. Often with these hospitals, they are more impersonal, like MGH in Boston where we are from, but provide superb care.

I have had good care in the Charleston area, and some really sub-par bordering on negligent care. MUSC unfortunately does not take our insurance.

It's interesting how different doctor's offices handle masks/visitors. I just had surgery and my husband was allowed to be with me until they took me to surgery, but was not allowed to come up to recovery when I was waking up. He also isn't allowed to go to any of my oncology appts.

One of my specialists in Annapolis is affiliated with Johns Hopkins, and I really like him. However, I found the two MUSC doctors in the specialty were both so much more detailed. They dug into why I have such and such condition.


A friend had a stroke at the hospital in Annapolis and was flown to Hopkins and received excellent care.

[RayHammer]

Only virtue-signalers are out wearing masks.

[Noble Savage]

Originally Posted by RayHammer

Only virtue-signalers are out wearing masks.

The other side of the coin says only narcissists are going maskfree.

[BaltimoreBruiser]

Originally Posted by Noble Savage

The other side of the coin says only narcissists are going maskfree.

And as always, the true answer is somewhere in between

Personally, I no longer feel the need to wear a mask 99% of the time as my entire family and extended family are vaccinated, but I have no issues wearing one if: a) I am visiting my grandmother (85yo with multiple medical conditions) in her assisted living center, b) People around me would like me to because of their own medical history or concerns, or c) The business requires it.

It's not an undue burden or somehow restricting my civil liberties. Its as ordinary as covering my mouth and nose with a napkin when I sneeze.

[macalan]

Originally Posted by RayHammer

Only virtue-signalers are out wearing masks.

It's not virtue signaling, it's caring.

The data is pretty clear that masks reduce the transmission of a person's germs to other people. And that some people, especially the vaccinated, have very mild symptoms and not realize they have COVID.

So if I don't wear a mask out in public indoor places, I am saying to all the people I come in contact with I don't care about them and vice versa. It doesn't matter that they wear a mask, everyone who comes in contact with them has to wear a mask as well.

I feel it's the least I can do to try and get help people and help our community, whose hospitals are overloaded. A friend of mine needs cancer surgery, and her surgery has now been pushed off for 2 months because there is no hospital within 100 miles that can take her for the time she needs to be there. She is distraught. Having cancer is hard enough. I know. People not being able to get the medical care they need is a very real problem and one people often aren't aware of unless they have some medical situation where they see it firsthand.

So bottom line, no matter people's political stance, or stance on "their rights", it's all about caring about how our actions affect other people's lives.