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Who knew specialist MDs did a brisk walk-in business?

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    Horace
    wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 01:42 last edited by Horace 4 Oct 2020, 01:43
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    I'm generally peak pessimism when I have to participate in the health care system. But sometimes you have to do what you have to do. I severed the tendon in my right hand responsible for curling the last thumb joint. And while that's not the end of the world, it would suck to be immobile there for the rest of my life. So this morning, four days after it happened, I googled "hand specialist MD" and there's one right there in berkeley. It was 9:30 AM when I called, and they told me I could come in and see the doctor at 11. I was back home by 12:30, with surgery scheduled for next Tuesday. I was astonished it was that easy. But of course it won't be free. From what I gathered from the call from the surgery center later this afternoon, it will be around 5k out of pocket. They read the fine print on your insurance policy, so they can be pretty specific. It would have been much more than that if I had gone the urgent care->referral route. Who knew specialists just take walk-in business?

    Education is extremely important.

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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 01:47 last edited by
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      I always go right to a specialist.

      I hope it heals well and quickly.

      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
      -Cormac McCarthy

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        taiwan_girl
        wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 02:07 last edited by
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        Wow Horace, sorry to hear about that!!! Like Jon say, hope it heals well and quickly.!!

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          George K
          wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 02:11 last edited by
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          How did you sever a tendon? Yikes!

          This is not elective. This is a true emergency, and that's why you got seen and scheduled so quickly.

          Hope it works out OK for you - please keep us posted.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            Horace
            wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 02:16 last edited by
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            Thanks everybody for the well wishes. George, it was broken glass. Just a careless accident.

            Education is extremely important.

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              Jolly
              wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 02:23 last edited by
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              May you heal well and retain full strength and function.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                brenda
                wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 02:51 last edited by
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                That's a nasty accident, Horace. It must have been difficult to wait those first days deciding whether to go to the doctor. Yes, a person needs the use of their thumb in order for the rest of the hand to be useful. Good luck with your surgery, and I am very glad you can get it done soon.

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                  10 Apr 2020, 02:51

                  That's a nasty accident, Horace. It must have been difficult to wait those first days deciding whether to go to the doctor. Yes, a person needs the use of their thumb in order for the rest of the hand to be useful. Good luck with your surgery, and I am very glad you can get it done soon.

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                  George K
                  wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 02:55 last edited by
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                  @brenda said in Who knew specialist MDs did a brisk walk-in business?:

                  Yes, a person needs the use of their thumb in order for the rest of the hand to be useful.

                  You also need your thumb to play Beethoven, albeit poorly.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    Horace
                    wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 03:16 last edited by
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                    Thanks, Jolly and Brenda. George, I was mostly worried about not being able to build the metal models.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                      kluurs
                      wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 04:34 last edited by
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                      That must have been an ugly accident. I had a friend sever the tendons in his arm when a glass window broke as he was working with it. Glad you're getting it taken care of - and hope everything turns out right. Scary stuff.

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                        mark
                        wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 04:57 last edited by
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                        Man that sounds painful. Hope you heal quickly and fully.

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                          10 Apr 2020, 04:57

                          Man that sounds painful. Hope you heal quickly and fully.

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                          Aqua Letifer
                          wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 16:43 last edited by
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                          @mark said in Who knew specialist MDs did a brisk walk-in business?:

                          Man that sounds painful. Hope you heal quickly and fully.

                          Same; and how is the modeling stuff going?

                          Please love yourself.

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                            Mik
                            wrote on 10 Apr 2020, 16:46 last edited by
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                            Yeah, I go straight to a specialist too. No referral needed.

                            Glad you are getting this done or you might play like Klaus.

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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