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TimeLordStalker t1_ja2ysl2 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Endocrinologist in Pittsburgh? by Grouchy_Map7820

PCOS. Fighting with the nurse line to get meds refilled or corrected is not the highlight of my life with them, plus she just makes you feel unheard. It also doesn't help that she's very difficult to get an appointment scheduled with.

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Restless_Andromeda t1_ja4awva wrote

I actually switched doctor's from her to someone in AHN because I could not get an appointment. I called about 4-5 weeks before I would need to be seen back in Oct and was told I couldn't be seen until December. I called around over the following week to see if other doctors at UPMC would be able to get me in earlier, which was a no because none would see another doctor's patient, then called back.

Apparently within that week the earliest appointment went from Dec to March. I would have long run out of my medication by then and they wouldn't refill it without an appointment and the yearly bloodwork. The receptionist who was "helping" me basically shamed me for calling and trying to set up an appointment too late. A month before it would be need was too late! According to her you have to call 8-10 weeks in advance and it was wrong of me to expect otherwise. At that point I was over it and switched entirely.

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