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snot

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3. Fwiw,

Reply to erronis (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 06:37 PM

Wednesday

since I couldn't understand why I have to wait 3 or 4 months to get an appointment with almost ANY doctor these days (even though I live in a large city with lots of doctors), I did a little not-very-in-depth online research and came up with the following:

Doctors are more specialized now than 20 years ago;
There are more of them;
But they work fewer hours.

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YES. snot Tuesday #1

That's a horrible experience - and apparently very common. Altho most won't have your perseverence. erronis Wednesday #2

Fwiw, snot Wednesday #3