Rant #3,284: Medicine Man

Yesterday was an interesting day for me, as I had an appointment with a new doctor.

As you know, for the second time in the past 14 years, my doctor was cited for improprieties, and the entire practice was forced to close down a few weeks ago ... unbeknownst to any of the doctor's patients, as he was prohibited from contacting any one of us about what was going on.

So with no direction or warning at all, i.had to go out and find another doctor, and simply due to destination and his carriage of my health insurance, I chose one out of the blue, and Monday was my day to give him a trial run.

The parking at the facility was atrocious--my wife had to.park around the corner on a residential street--and the building is poorly set up, as his suite number gives one the impression that the office is on the first floor, but it isn't.

My wife could not find parking, so she dropped me off in front as she looked for a space.

An older Asian woman saw me coming, and held the door for me to get into the building's vestibule, and again, since the suite number and floor number do not match, I asked the woman if she knew where I had to go.

She did not answer me.

I pressed the button for the elevator, and when the door opened, I asked the woman to hold the door while I got in.

After asking her to hold the door at lesst twice, it dawned on me that she did not understand a word i was saying to her.

By that time, my wife and two others entered the vestibule, and i was directed to where i hsd to go.

We finally got into the office and after more than an hour, we were ushered into the examination area. And while I was a bit perturbed st that point, when I finally met with the doctor, I was pleasantly surprised.at his composure.

I told him all about why I was there, and he took it all in stride, and even knew the names of the doctors who I had previously used

Overall, he was sort of old fashioned. But he is also very thorough, and after a number if tests, he was impressed with how healthy I was--other than my left leg--and most importantly, I was very impressed with him.

So, I finally have a new doctor!

He told me that there will be no.improprieties in his office, because his two children are lawyers!

I made some appointments for further tests, and we left there after being there for more than two hours.

But I guess it was all worth it ... although my wife wasn't as enamored with the doctor as I was due to the lack of parking-- although when we finally came out of the office, there were several open spots, so.maybe we just hit it wrong when we arrived there.

So now I have a doctor, and next up.on the agenda is tomorrow, when I go for my first outside the house physical therapy session.

I just can't wait!