Emailed the doctor today.

[Teachermama]

First of all I want to thank everyone for being so patient with me earlier. I am an idiot. I know this and I am sorry.

So I emailed her and ofcourse she is not in the office today. The nurse sent me a message back saying should would pass this one. Lets hope for meds to kick start this crap!

Can you ovulate and not have an AF?

[Teachermama]

Thank. I love my siggie too.

I am hoping she emails back so I can get on with this. I am just so afraid that its not going to work. So afraid I wont be able to have kids.

[winecheery]

I'm not sure about ovulating without AF...I know your body can gear up to O, and then not. And I know you can get AF without O as well...

I also want to say that it's good you emailed your doc, but if you don't get an immediate answer, (like tomorrow) I still say try calling. You can call the Kaiser advice line, and ask to put a message in to your doctor. There are ways to bypass the 30 min wait time you said you experience, I'm sure of it!

And NPH and Elmo are always awesome.

[Teachermama]

Dec 10, 2012 17:07:44 GMT -5 winecheery said:

I'm not sure about ovulating without AF...I know your body can gear up to O, and then not. And I know you can get AF without O as well...

I also want to say that it's good you emailed your doc, but if you don't get an immediate answer, (like tomorrow) I still say try calling. You can call the Kaiser advice line, and ask to put a message in to your doctor. There are ways to bypass the 30 min wait time you said you experience, I'm sure of it!

And NPH and Elmo are always awesome.

Do the notes that they send to the doctor get to them more urgently? Or is it just like emailing them. The only thing that makes me INSANE about Kaiser is that you cant just call to the office and say HI can I speak to doctor blank.

[Teachermama]

Dec 10, 2012 17:24:22 GMT -5 ruxin said:

Do you live in another country? This is medical care, not making reservations at a restaurant that's hard to get into. If you don't hear back TOMORROW, call! I get that they encourage email, but there HAS to be a way to place a phone call to your doctor's office where you're an established patient and make an appointment to discuss your concerns. Wait the 30 minutes, pay a copay, whatever you have to do. This is so ridiculous.

I am going to make an appointment if I do not hear back from them tomorrow.

[Teachermama]

I am saying I emailed.. i am making an appointment if I don't hear tomorrow. NOT trying to rekindle the convo.

I appreciate all the feedback. I was just saying that I went with some of the advice and emailed the old doctor and will be calling tomorrow if I dont get an answer. Ill show up in her office with an appointment to get the damn meds to start this.

[winecheery]

Dec 10, 2012 18:20:38 GMT -5 Teachermama said:

Dec 10, 2012 17:07:44 GMT -5 winecheery said:

I'm not sure about ovulating without AF...I know your body can gear up to O, and then not. And I know you can get AF without O as well...

I also want to say that it's good you emailed your doc, but if you don't get an immediate answer, (like tomorrow) I still say try calling. You can call the Kaiser advice line, and ask to put a message in to your doctor. There are ways to bypass the 30 min wait time you said you experience, I'm sure of it!

And NPH and Elmo are always awesome.

Do the notes that they send to the doctor get to them more urgently? Or is it just like emailing them. The only thing that makes me INSANE about Kaiser is that you cant just call to the office and say HI can I speak to doctor blank.

Well, I've never had your experience...so take this however, but whenever I have called they either get back to me that day or the next...

Also, Or you can schedule a phone appt. and someone from their office will call you back within 24 hrs if the doctor is too busy.

Basically I am always of the opinion, "Do more than is necessary and always cover your ass" when it comes to important stuff like my health.

[Teachermama]

Dec 10, 2012 22:18:13 GMT -5 winecheery said:

Dec 10, 2012 18:20:38 GMT -5 Teachermama said:

Do the notes that they send to the doctor get to them more urgently? Or is it just like emailing them. The only thing that makes me INSANE about Kaiser is that you cant just call to the office and say HI can I speak to doctor blank.

Well, I've never had your experience...so take this however, but whenever I have called they either get back to me that day or the next...

Also, Or you can schedule a phone appt. and someone from their office will call you back within 24 hrs if the doctor is too busy.

Basically I am always of the opinion, "Do more than is necessary and always cover your ass" when it comes to important stuff like my health.

Totally understand. I emailed. If she emails me back awesome, if not Ill be calling and seeing if I can get them to call me or make the next available appointment and then email the crap outta her until that appointment.

[lanyac]

I don't understand why you don't walk in there and ask to talk to someone.

[Teachermama]

Well it is not walk in appointments.

I can walk in to Customer Service to get the doctor changed.

The doctor emailed me back and said that she wants to do a pregnancy test and then she will put me on a medicine for 10 days to see if it will jump start it.

[magpie]

Sounds like you made some good progress, weighted. Good luck!

I had kaiser for most of my life...totally understand why you'd want to email you doc--that's what I would have done back when I had kaiser. I have different healthcare now and I really miss being able to email my doc (now I have to call our come in, which is strange for me!).

[Teachermama]

Magpie. Its so much easier to email them.

I am going to go in tomorrow during my lunch break to do the test so I can get the meds.

Pray that my tests at home are not working haha.