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I wouldn't advise you to get a new PCP, but this might be the time for a second opinion. Since telemedicine has become much more accepted during the COVID pandemic, you can have access to any doctor within your health care plan without the limitations of physical location. I had put off a physical for nearly two years (feeling just fine, thank you), but my new PCP insisted it was time. I chose a phone appointment, and she had no choice but to actually listen to me - a novel but very nice experience for me. For me at least, it also changed the doctor-patient dynamic, and I felt much more like I was speaking with a peer than being talked down to by a physician. With many people delaying doctor visits right now, many doctors outside the hospital are less busy and it is often much easier to get an appointment with a specialist.

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@ginaquilts I can't help but be curious. How is a physical done over the phone? Obviously the physician cannot take your blood pressure, listen to your heart of any of the hands-on parts of a physical. I will be having a physical sometime in the near future so I am interested in hearing what can be done on the phone to make it a real physical. I have had other appointments on the phone.
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