Agreed — my primary care physician (US) sent me to the obesity clinic telling me to expect a six-month wait for an appointment. I rang (knowing the meds would cost a FORTUNE but I would finally take the plunge) to be told they were NOT even TAKING appointments for an indeterminate length of time. This is a major university teaching hospital known world wide for its heroically successful heart surgeries! Fast forward 16 months later, a lost of 80+ lbs, no longer prediabetic, no more HBP, lipids going in a good direction — and I get the same physician on an unrelated matter (touch of sciatica from an old hockey injury). I feel like this is my big chance to take a victory lap — I tell her I was able to get the meds through “telehealth” (which was true until I decided I do not like being ripped off by compounded). I tell her how easy it was to ring up for a doctor appointment and get a prescription for compound. I was secretary hoping for something like “Congrats, you found your way when established medicine gave up on you. Now you may live to see grandchildren!” But nope! It makes me feel that the docs are so numb that they really cannot find a way in their souls to care about the life improving benefits of these meds even when they are TALKING FACE TO FACE with the evidence.
