Minute Clinic in 2020s

Yesterday was one of the most productive yet frustrating days! It’s a damn good thing I had unusually good energy because there was so much to do. It took me hours to fight for a new round of treatment for my yeast infection which was starting to get better and then flared back up. I wish I was young and healthy again and didn’t need any medication and therefore no need to have to deal with all this shit.

My account is all messed up because that idiot foreigner he talked to didn’t know what they were talking about. And as the nurse I finally talked to in a virtual visit said, they’ve been having all kinds of IT issues and it usually takes a matter of minutes to be seen in the virtual Minute Clinic. But that “minute” clinic was more like hour clinic that I almost canceled the appointment. I was finally able to get a new round of Diflucan since, as the nurse said, hoping to cure it with just one pill is way optimistic. So I’ll be taking it for three days and hoping this will finally be it. Tom saw that the discharge had returned too. I really hope this is what we think it is and that three days in a row will do the job. If it doesn’t, I’ll have to get into my GYN.

I was able to schedule an appointment for next month with a nurse who can also handle refills and referrals.

So far I’m not liking the new health plan or their website much at all. I don’t see a way to send text messages online or by phone 24/7. Sometimes I have a question that’s important but not so urgent that it warrants an appointment. I want to be able to ask questions anytime and then pick up the response at my convenience. Not sit by a phone and have to wait for a link to take me to a virtual appointment. So I messaged my old provider and asked if they were compatible with my new insurance and if there was a way I could coordinate the two. If I have to, I’ll take the money for them out of my savings.

The CPAP machine has been returned, and hopefully it won’t be too complicated or take too much time to find out what other options I may have.

Last updated May 26, 2024