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| - After fighting a scratchy throat for over a week, and a bit of a stomach bug prior to that, I gave in and decided to head to the doc. Instead of dealing with one of the family practices I've dealt with before, I headed over to this clinic and I was not disappointed.
I called ahead and was told that noon is the best time to go in for a "walk-in" without an appointment. Unfortunately, I was headed out of town around noon, so I still went in first thing and although there were other patients and some with appointments, I was seen shortly after I turned in my (many pages of) paperwork.
A tech named Nam took me back, weighed me, and input a ton of info about my medical history into the computer... just as I was getting annoyed, she asked me about the reason I was there today and took my bp, temperature, a finger pulse, and did a strep culture. Shortly after that, Mindi, the PA, came in. She was extremely personable and did a bit more of a physical examination looking at my throat, nose, ears, glands, etc... I think she sensed I was in a hurry too, so she got me out of there (with a prescription called in) once my strep test results came back. (They were negative). Thank you Mindi!
I will definitely return to this clinic in the future if necessary, and now that they've got my medical history in their system, my guess is that the visit would be even quicker. In addition, now that I know you can make an appointment, I'll likely do that too. But I hope that I don't need to go in for a long, long time. Afterall, I'm much happier when I'm healthy! (I know, I know... aren't we all?!)
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