It may not seem like much of a difference to many people, but to me this is just "heart" breaking as today was my last official visit with my primary care physician.
After 12years of office visits to have my blood drawn, finger poked, listening to my heart, checking my ears, nose, throat and throat glands, talking about my weight and my diet, prescribing medications when I was well and most especially when I was sick, my doctor is leaving the group.
Realizing that nothing stays the same, I know that for whatever reasons he has there is a defining factor in his decision to leave after having been here in this place for so long, but alas, my heart is still breaking with his departure.
He was not able to disclose to any of his current patience what his plans would be in the future, but thank goodness for google. Starting December 1, 2014 we, those of us who would like to see if he is available to take on on again, can google him.
That doesn't help completely, because if he decides to begin a new practice in an area that I can't drive to or my insurance won't cover, then I'm out of the best doctor that I've ever had in my adult life. Part of his reason for leaving is in part due to Obama Care.
How this new insurance for all will work is beyond me, but I do know that it has greatly impacted my private insurance coverage as well, and not for the better either.
There are big changes coming in this country, ones we can't fix or stop. These choices that our government officials make don't always work the way they think they will. Americans unfortunately pay the price, one way or the other.
For me, I have to go on with my life and what I have left to choose from for a new doctor. It is certain that I can't do without a physician and so I will just melt into the flow of what's to come.
My husband and I have wished our parting physician the best that the good Lord has to offer. We hope that whatever he chooses to do in his future that only great things come his way and in the meantime I still feel like I'm on the losing end of all of this, but hey, it's life, moving on.
CJ
