In Network

We’ve had the same family doctor for years and years. She was our doctor before the boys were born, and Ty’s over thirty now. When we started with her, we chose her because her office is close to our house, convenient. We were young, healthy, and we usually only saw her once a year, and we liked her. Then insurance programs divided, and she went with the Parkview network, and we were with Lutheran. It meant that we had to pay a little more when we went to see her, but we decided to stay with her. We liked her, her office, and her staff.

In early April, though, Parkview announced in the newspaper that they were going to stop treating anyone that wasn’t in their network. I asked my favorite nurse, “Does that mean we’ll have to find a new doctor?” “I’d guess yes,” she told me. My sister’s doctor had retired the end of last year, and she’d started seeing a new, young doctor. She really liked him and recommended him. So, on Friday, HH and I went to meet him. And he’s wonderful. Low-key, droll, funny, and THOROUGH. He asked us more questions than we’ve been asked in years. And he came up with all kinds of ideas that might help us. I think he’s going to be a fresh, new start for us, and I couldn’t be happier.

HH hates change. I tolerate it. But this time, we’re both looking forward to it. We’d been dreading it before we met Dr. Wieging, but he’s at the Brooklyn Clinic, and they have their own lab. That, in itself, is going to make our lives easier. This time around, I think change is going to be good.