I Like Dr. Mike

After all I put into Tuesday’s blog post, I thought that I was drained of inspiration for a while. But this morning I wrote an email to a dear friend and discovered that I am not drained of words! I can still write emails containing 700+ words, so I can write a blog post. Right?

The following is what I consider to be a neat experience that I shared with my friend in this morning’s email and that I want to share with you.

Yesterday I was visited by a physician! For months I have been trying to locate a doctor who was on the Humana Medicare providers list and not terribly far from me. All the ones on the list (a very big book) that were relatively close I discovered were “not taking new patients.” But in November I received an updated list and discovered a physicians’ group had been added since the last list that is literally around the corner from my house.

It took a couple of days to reach their “new patient” intake clerk/scheduler. When I did, it turned out that I know her; the scheduler, Heather, used to work for Home Instead, the people who employee Tasha. It is a very small world!

After providing the insurance data to Heather and after the appointment was scheduled, I asked about to the location of their office and learned the unbelievable (for me, anyway): the physician comes to my home rather than me going to his office!

So yesterday I met the doc!

His named is Mike. He is the founder and president of the practice, which is named MD2U—Doctors Who Make House Calls. He was great and not having to drive to and wait in a doctor’s office was superb for me.

Dr. Mike gave me a pretty good physical, right here in my library! He wrote me prescriptions for two of the pieces of medical equipment that that I have long wanted: a wheel hair for when I go out so I don’t have to walk long distances (like the quarter mile or so across the parking lot of the VA Medical Center) and a lift chair so that I can sit on something other than straight-back kitchen chairs that, after a while, give me pain my back and cut off the circulation in my legs.

I like Mike!!! Not only because he comes to my home, but also because it’s grand to have a physician who actually looks at me and talks to me and doesn’t just stare at a computer screen.