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I've never had this problem with any doctors where I've lived, including California, Hawaii, and Oregon.
Have you ever had surgery? I'm not saying that in a smart alec way, just that any of the multiple surgeries I've had, including two surgical biopsies (major surgery for both), all took a longer time to get scheduled than I would have wanted along with the ones that were not related to these tumors, including a 7 week wait a few years ago for rotator cuff surgery.
Have you ever had surgery? I'm not saying that in a smart alec way, just that any of the multiple surgeries I've had, including two surgical biopsies (major surgery for both), all took a longer time to get scheduled than I would have wanted along with the ones that were not related to these tumors, including a 7 week wait a few years ago for rotator cuff surgery.
That's just awful! I've had several surgeries and never experienced waits like that. I know there is a critical shortage of doctors in some locals and also MANY hospitals have closed all over the country.
That's just awful! I've had several surgeries and never experienced waits like that. I know there is a critical shortage of doctors in some locals and also MANY hospitals have closed all over the country.
well, all but the last one were in Boston, which isn't exactly an isolated area with a shortage of doctors. lolol!
But when you have the type of tumor where the expert is a person who sees that kind of tumor once a year, and for another surgery, they want it done by the head of oncologic surgery of a major Harvard teaching hospital, you sometimes have to wait longer than you might want.
well, all but the last one were in Boston, which isn't exactly an isolated area with a shortage of doctors. lolol!
But when you have the type of tumor where the expert is a person who sees that kind of tumor once a year, and for another surgery, they want it done by the head of oncologic surgery of a major Harvard teaching hospital, you sometimes have to wait longer than you might want.
I guess it's not that surprising under those circumstances. Hopefully it's not like that for more routine situations.
I've been in that situation, and it's no fun. You really do not provide enough information to know why, but if there are no openings for whatever procedure or test he needs then that's the way it is...
It might be the way it IS, but I strongly feel the way it shouldn't be!!
Maybe, he can book an earlier procedure at a different state (or even country) if he can afford it...
I've never had this problem with any doctors where I've lived, including California, Hawaii, and Oregon.
I've had to wait a couple months for a liver biopsy, we had a shortage of doctors who do that on Oahu.
I had to wait another time for a surgery to remove lymph nodes and then send them to the mainland because we didn't have the right testing facilities.
It happens.
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Just because there are lots of doctors, does not mean for certain procedures can use just any surgeon. Going in for a biopsy of a certain type, often requires a specialist that only may come to that city once a month, and is already booked for his next visit to town. And this is true, even in larger cities. In such cases, there are no other options than this one doctor. It is not something that just any surgeon can handle. There are a number of specialty surgery procedures, that there simply not enough trained specialists to have one in every town.
Just because there are lots of doctors, does not mean for certain procedures can use just any surgeon. Going in for a biopsy of a certain type, often requires a specialist that only may come to that city once a month, and is already booked for his next visit to town. And this is true, even in larger cities. In such cases, there are no other options than this one doctor. It is not something that just any surgeon can handle. There are a number of specialty surgery procedures, that there simply not enough trained specialists to have one in every town.
Traveling surgeons?? Coming to larger cities once a month?
Sounds like circuit judges from the 1800's......never heard of it for surgeons.
If you are in a larger city that doesn't have a surgeon to perform the procedure you need the patient typically travels to the surgeon not the other way around.
There are certain procedures that only a handful of surgeons across the country may do but again the patient makes the trip not the surgeon.
Ted Kennedy was coming from the one of the top medical hubs in the country, Boston, when he came to Duke to see a specific Neurosurgeon....the surgeon didn't travel to Boston not even for a Kennedy.
The credentialing process alone to be allowed to perform surgery in multiple hospitals not to mention licensing in multiple states would make this unlikely....
It's actually not that unheard of. I had a minor dental procedure a few years ago, and was told the surgeon was only in my local office once a month. I'm not sure where he was the rest of the time, but regardless this does happen, at least in some situations.
^^Yes, my kids' orthodontist used to go up to Wyoming once a month or something like that.
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