Monday, December 9, 2019, 1:30 p.m. There’s a warm, familiar feel about entering the Kaiser building, coming in from the cold weather, walking down carpeted corridors, hearing the digitally-produced voices endlessly announcing numbers in the laboratory. But I stop at the elevators, in line behind those who are waiting. Once on the third floor, I…
Category: phone appointment
Two Appointments in One Day
September 6, 2018 It started on Labor Day, September 3, when I got up enough courage to send an email to Dr. Prabaharan, requesting a new meter, the OneTouch Verio IQ meter starter kit, which includes the meter, charging cable and AC adapter, a OneTouch Delica lancing device, 10 lancets, control solution, and 10 test…
Follow-up Phone Appointment with Pain Pharmacist #4
August 8, 2018, 10 a.m. I wonder if it will be John Poon or Danny Luu or someone completely different! It was John today, and he confirmed that it was Danny who called me last week. I told John the same things that I told Danny last week, and he looked at my pharmacy record…
Unexpected call from Pain Pharmacist
August 2, 2018 I don’t always answer calls on my landline that I can see are from Kaiser because it’s usually just a notification that my refill request has been approved and shipped. But I chose to answer this call. He identified himself by name and that he was calling from Dr. Kalra’s office regarding…
Follow-up Phone Appointment with Pain Pharmacist #3
June 14, 2018, 12:15 p.m. John called two hours early! My appointment was for 2:30 p.m. and he called at 12:15 p.m.! Good thing I was already sitting at my desk. I told him that I had not yet increased to the final dosage of 2 capsules 3 times a day, and he said that…
Follow-up Phone Appointment with Pain Pharmacist #2
May 31, 2018, 10:00 a.m. The young man who called this time identified himself as John. My main complaint is still the headaches I get with gabapentin. Even though I had decreased the dosage, 100 mg at a time, I still had the headaches, though slightly less intense. But the pain reduction was also less….
Phone Appointment with Pain Pharmacist
May 3, 2018, 10:15 a.m. I was up at 9-something, just to make sure I could actually talk by 10 o’clock. My landline rang quite promptly at 10:15 a.m. I was expecting a woman, only because my tramadol and meloxicam were filled by Li, Amy RPH. But it was a man who identified himself as…
Phone appointment with Dr. Kalra
January 25, 2018, 8:15 a.m. I set my alarm for 6:00 a.m. to make sure I could wake up to be coherent by 8:15a for my phone appointment with Dr. Kalra, Medical Director of the Pain Clinic. I was actually out at my desk, waiting by the phone from 7:30a until 9:30a, when he finally…
Phone appointment with Dr. Whitehead
January 17, 2018, 1:45 p.m. I was on my way to the third of my three group acupuncture sessions that Dr. Sumetanon had ordered when my cell phone rang just as Linda pulled up to the front door of Building B. It was Dr. Whitehead, calling right on time as Parisa had said she would….
Arthritis Flare Left Hand & Wrist
December 31, 2017 I was awakened early this morning with sharp pains in my left wrist and radiating down through my left hand to my fingertips. I couldn’t move any parts of my left hand and wrist without severe pain. In addition, my hand appeared to be swollen. Now this is what I would identify…