October is a bit away in terms of time. If you haven't done so, ask to be put on the wait list for notification of any open appointments. Patients cancel appointments, frequently, for myriad reasons. Also call the doctor's office manager 1-2 times a week to see where you are on the wait list. I was able to see a specialist who was fully booked for several months because a patient canceled an appointment for the following day only a few minutes earlier.

Another suggestion is to find out when the doctors" office staff call patients to confirm their appointments. A lot of people forget they're on a wait list and go elsewhere so office staff frequently fund out about schedule openings at that time.

Doing the above helps create a kind of relationship with doctors' office staff and become a person they start to know. Which is always a good thing. I've found more workarounds in terms of expediting things with doctors because the nurse and office staff like me and have run interference for me. And the fact that you continue to check on openings means that you are not likely to cancel or 'fail to show' for an appointment yourself. .