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Worried about keeping an upcoming CKD lab and nephrologist appointment
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Jul 25, 2020 | Replies (30)Comment receiving replies
@fiesty76, @kamama94 - I have an appointment with my PCP this afternoon and if there are 4 people in the waiting area, I will be sent to wait in my car until my appointment. There is a large seating area that is shared with another provider. I am not a real happy camper, I do love this PCP but the regional hospital and insurance set the rules, so - Even though I was at Mayo a month ago for a thorough post kidney /liver transplant evaluation, I have to see him before I can get a refill on my BP meds which Mayo approved.
As for dentist, I went in early June to complete the COVID19 cancelled appointment. My dentist has a one man office and a small staff. I felt extremely safe in the dentist chair. I hope you are able be equally satisfied.
And for labs, I go at 7a.m. when they open. I am near enough to my lab, and so I drive back to the lab later in the day to pick up a copy of my labs. This way I know if they have been faxed to my transplant dept. and I can see the results immediately.
I'm with you - Wash hands, Wear mask, and Move away from others.
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@fiesty 76, @rosemarya, I'm very fortunate with my neph and pcp.
Neph office is actually IN the hospital and nobody gets farther than the front door without a temperature check, being given mask and gloves if needed, and being observed by staff to wash hands at a handwashing station by the door. Distances are marked on the floor and a gloved and masked staff member pushes the appropriate elevator button for me. Neph and nurses are masked and carry gloves (of course) and hand sanitizer.
PCP is across the street in an annex and follows the same protocols.
The only other places I go are from my apartment door to the lobby for mail every other day after everyone else has been gone for awhile and once a month to my bank for contactless transactions requiring only that I sanitize my card after using and put paperwork in a plastic bag. I am masked and gloved whenever I leave my apartment.
Not long ago I was approached by a policeman to see if I had witnessed something and when he started to get too close, without thinking I held up my hand and said, That's far enough! He apologized and I could tell he was grinning behind his mask. Maybe I should be named Fiesty, Jr. <wink, wink>