I had an appointment this morning and found out my pdoc has left the job. It’s amazing how these professionals never have to give notice.
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That’s so wrong. We’re you able to get another appointment with someone else soon?
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No, no new appointment yet.
So, what are you going to do?! Can your primary dr give you your refills until you get a new pdoc?
I have refills. It won’t be long before I am telling a new pdoc my history again.
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Aw, that sucks that they quit, and especially with no notice.
I always hated that. Takes forever to get a new pdoc up to speed. Good luck, though! I hope you can get a new pdoc soon.
Sometimes that has been an unpleasant fact of life for me, too.
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My pdoc told me shes switching Job and i got another lady as my pdoc “Chief psychiatrist of criminal psychiatry” because im criminally insane i have to deal with them, but its just fine. They treat me “okay”.
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Mine did the same thing. She did warn me months in advance tho but the clinic I go to still hasn’t replaced her. It’s been 6 months. She gave me 6 months of refills.
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So far I’m lucky. I’ve had caseworkers leave without letting me know. Your pdoc should have let you know.
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My VA system is great with this sort of thing. They assign me a new pdoc if my current one switches. They recently switched to this pdoc, the 8th VA one I’ve had. Don’t know what happened to the previous one. I think she moved.
Also, I notice they seem to assign the patient to “teams” like “Alpha team” or “Bravo team”. So, there appear to be 3 pdocs per team. Much easier to switch or get consultation.
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