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2026-07-29 16:41 UTC

Ya know how the Right Wing is always out here telling us we can't have socialized medicine because the wait lists would be too long and we'd never get to see a doctor? Y'all remember them saying that, right? Y'all, I have been chasing a rheumatology appointment like it was the holy grail being held aloft by a jester with 7-league boots. November 23. That's the first available appointment. That's not a treatment appointment. That's a first visit. This timeline sucks.

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@Lemniscate@infosec.exchange 2026-07-29 17:24

@MissConstrue@mefi.social So many specialists are hard to get into right now :( The local rheumatology place seriously gatekeeps appointments and has apparently told the GPs they won’t even see anyone who has fibromyalgia (despite the fact that office used to be the one diagnosing it!) I see an endocrinologist and the closest one is 4 hours away, but thankfully it’s in state so I do telehealth calls at this point (I’m stable so not needing major intervention). I hear from people with the same condition in discussion groups that they struggle to get timely endo appointments pretty much everywhere in the world. After some research, it seems there’s an extra large lack of sufficient endocrinologists around and yet more and more people being diagnosed with endocrine issues, like diabetes and thyroid problems. Not a good situation….

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