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Shannon Cason's Homemade
Doc is Milking It | Everyday is a Story
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Ever feel like you're at the doctor way too much?
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I feel like I had the exact same doctor's appointment last time. Every day is a story. I'm Shannon Cason. Make sure you like and subscribe. If I'm being honest, I think these doctors are milking it. Now I'm a brother who goes to the doctor. I go to the doctor, I get my checkups, my teeth, my eyes, my, you know, all my parts, you know what I'm saying? I go get my regular checkups. And lately I just feel like I'm seeing my regular doctor way too much. I got some blood work done recently and a few numbers were off. Mainly this thing called creatinine. I think I'm saying it right, Creatinine. And this was a crazy interaction I had at the doctor's office. One of the assistants came in and I guess she was learning. All of them have accents. Nothing against accents, but I have to ask them to repeat it sometimes. So they're looking through the numbers. She's looking, and she asks, do I work out? And I say, yeah, I work out. She says, how many times? And I told her at that time it was like four times a week. So I was working out pretty heavy that time. And she told me to stop working out so much and that my numbers will look better if I stop working out. This is the doctor telling me to stop working out. All right. So they sent me to a kidney specialist. And I like my kidney specialist. I love him. He's a guy who, we talk about podcasts together. He's in good shape. And, and we were talking about pod. He's a podcast listener. He listens to a lot of the self help podcasts, a lot of the fitness and personal growth podcast. So we're, we're discussing which podcast we listen to. He giving me some suggestions. I told him that I do a podcast. Maybe he's listening right now, I don't know. But good conversation. And he tells me that my creatinine levels are going to be a little high because I lift heavy shit. I lift heavy shit on a regular basis. And they're gonna be a little high, but he'll monitor em and that I'm fine and that he'll see me next year. So I go back to my doctor. So I go back to my regular doctor to relay all the information that my kidney specialist told me and that he could put me back on the cholesterol meds. Cause he had took me off the cholesterol meds. Cause I guess they affect my creatinine levels in some way. All This I know, is Greek to some people. And some of y' all know this very well, because I got doctors to listen to every day as a story, but also some people dealing with this themselves. So we had this conversation a few months ago. So I go back to the doctor yesterday, and I feel like we had the exact same conversation two times. It's a $20 copay each time. I know it's just $20, but $20 is $20 to me. You get what I'm saying? So I just felt like I know it ain't the $20 because the insurance is paying a lot more. I just feel like they milking it. On a side note, I take my uncle to a certain doctor on a weekly basis, and my uncle isn't completely mobile, so it takes a little effort, him getting out the house, getting in the car, and getting into the office. It's a little bit of effort, but it's all good. We go do it. We go take care of uncle, and we go make sure everything right. But this doctor has him coming in weekly. And this is a little, tiny office. Little, tiny, small office in downriver Michigan. Little, I think a Southgate, but little. Little city with, you know, Applebee's and Buffalo Wild Wings and a little mall. This. You got this in every city, but this is a little, tiny office with vertical blinds and a TV that's hanging halfway on the. On the wall. And very attractive assistance. A lot of women who work there are very attractive. Not that helpful, but they're very attractive, you know, so. But we go there every week. And last time I took them, I noticed a car in the. In the back of the office. I just noticed it because it was kind of out of place in Southgate, Michigan. Big old Hughes Maybach outside of this little, tiny. This little tiny doctor's office. It was like if you saw a Maybach and one of them storefront churches, you know, you kind of give it a side eye a little bit, like, okay, little storefront church with a Maybach in front of it. So I saw that. I took my uncle around the side. I said, this is why they got you coming here on a weekly basis. He milking you for this baby. You paying for this Babak. That's why we come here so much. It's just how I feel. You know what I'm saying? But if you got a good insurance plan, why wouldn't they milk you? I get it. I'm not counting anybody's pockets, but. Because if you got it, you got it. But at the same Time. I mean you kind of inconvenience in us if you just got us coming there to milk us for that Maybach. So I go to my regular doctor again and I feel like I'm answering the exact same questions that I answered last month. Then he finally sends the prescription for new cholesterol medication and then some extra vitamin D. I guess my vitamin D was a little low or something. And then guess what he scheduled. He schedules me a follow up appointment for another month. I'm like, man, I gotta see you every month. He just says, hey, you're getting older now. I gotta see you more often. I don't know. I don't know. I just feel like they milking me a little bit but I don't know. You know, you can tell me better. So my moment of meaning. Healthcare is a business. Not every appointment is necessarily about my health or our health. It's about coming back again and again and again and again and again. But what about you? I'd never tell anyone not to go to the doctor. Go to the doctor. But do you feel like sometimes these doctors are milking these multiple visits? Do you ever feel like that you go into the doctor more than you actually need to go see him? Every time. Can he give me this information on that first meeting? I don't know. What's your story? Every day is a story that's proud to be supported by the Friends of Homemade. I want to thank everyone who listens, enjoys and supports the stories. To my friends. John B. Thank you for joining the Patreon Auntie Faith in Loomis, California thank you for joining. Jennifer D. Dublin, California Emily C. In Tollan, Connecticut Tony D. In Madison, Wisconsin Monica H. Thank you. Sophia M. In Chicago Genevieve G. In Marinette Park, Illinois Bill B. In Waldo, Florida JR In Menifee, California Rebecca P. In Van Buren, Missouri Keith A. In Chicago. I appreciate all of you if you relate to and enjoy the stories, especially every day is a story. This, this takes a little bit of time. So support the stories@patreon.com Shannon Kasin or you can go direct. I'm cashapped. $sign Shannon Casen and then there's more info in the description. Trust me, your support keeps the stories going. 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