Our health insurance company here requires that we have a "house doctor" (which I believe is a primary care doctor) on file. Since Isaiah and I rarely visit doctors, we never researched any in our area. We let our insurance agent know we would like someone who speaks English and within a few days he sent us the name of a doctor in our town: Dr. Geiger. (By the way, the insurance guy only sent us Dr. Geiger's name, no contact information. Luckily, you can easily access that information at www.directories.ch -- a free online yellow pages. It is available in English, German, Italian, and French.)
That was three months ago. Yesterday, I decided to finally pay Dr. Geiger a visit. Nothing is wrong with me. I just wanted to meet her and ask her about a U.S. prescription I have and see if she could fill it. I was really nervous about going because I was afraid we would have some difficulties communicating, which is probably why my pulse was too high -- that's never happened to me! Anyway, here are some things I found pleasant about my visit:
*Dr. Geiger's office is just a 5 minute walk from my house.
*I waited about 5 minutes to see her.
*She does speak enough English to understand what I need, answer my questions, and give me information.
*I won't need to go to a gyno for my women's needs -- she does it all!
*She has a nice large office with lots of light.
*I can buy meds at her office.
*I didn't have to go to a clinic or a hospital (which is what I had to do when I had Kaiser back in California).
Update: One Big Yodel helped me realize two more things to add to my list...
*We discussed my needs while sitting at Dr. Geiger's big desk (not in some patient room wearing a paper "gown"). The only other time I sat at a doctor's desk was when I went to talk to a dermatologist. You can read OBY's take on the big desk phenomenon on her blog.
*Dr. Geiger personally fetched me from the waiting room.
That was three months ago. Yesterday, I decided to finally pay Dr. Geiger a visit. Nothing is wrong with me. I just wanted to meet her and ask her about a U.S. prescription I have and see if she could fill it. I was really nervous about going because I was afraid we would have some difficulties communicating, which is probably why my pulse was too high -- that's never happened to me! Anyway, here are some things I found pleasant about my visit:
*Dr. Geiger's office is just a 5 minute walk from my house.
*I waited about 5 minutes to see her.
*She does speak enough English to understand what I need, answer my questions, and give me information.
*I won't need to go to a gyno for my women's needs -- she does it all!
*She has a nice large office with lots of light.
*I can buy meds at her office.
*I didn't have to go to a clinic or a hospital (which is what I had to do when I had Kaiser back in California).
Update: One Big Yodel helped me realize two more things to add to my list...
*We discussed my needs while sitting at Dr. Geiger's big desk (not in some patient room wearing a paper "gown"). The only other time I sat at a doctor's desk was when I went to talk to a dermatologist. You can read OBY's take on the big desk phenomenon on her blog.
*Dr. Geiger personally fetched me from the waiting room.
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