02-09-2018, 01:30 AM
(02-07-2018, 05:50 PM)happyvibe Wrote: I think its great for people to have that option. I know personally I've needed the face to face interaction with someone in order to gain their trust.
Totally agree, Happyvibe, and can relate. I usually feel tense when seeing a new doc and once that face to face rapport is established (sometimes within the first few minutes) I can feel those worries melt away. I like the option of doing this from my house. I have some residual GAD and although I haven't had a PA is years, the "what if's" live on. That makes it more difficult than it may seem to sit in a waiting room, then in an exam cubicle, make conversation with the nurses, etc. But once the ice is broken, the rest goes smoothly. An tele-consultation can help me skip by the bad parts and get right to the face-to-face. I hope that it continues to rise in popularity. RM