I cancelled an appointment with my Dermatologist last month. Having been born in South Florida and spent my youth and ensuing years burning on South Beach, I see a Dermo 3 or 4 times a year.
I get a message from my Dermo welcoming back patients and wanting to know if I would like to reschedule my missed appointment. That was a week ago. I finally got around to making a call and said I would like the next available appointment. Much to my shock and surprise, they told me the next available appointment was August 12! What? For years I have been able to get an appointment in a week or less.
I was told that due to the new restrictions, they have been filling a limited appointment schedule very fast. Ya Think! I said put me down for that date but also put me on a list of cancelled appointments to see if I could get in sooner.
I was going to suggest that in order to keep the waiting room from filling up with people which I assume is the biggest concern, they make the same appointments they had made in the past but tell people they will have to wait in their cars until they are told they can enter the office. I didn't both since giving recommendations to the receptionist was probably a waste of time.
Just wondering how others are dealing with trying to get "non essential" ( if you don't count my face burning from all the damage I have done to my skin) appointments with their doctors.