In a message dated 05/07/2000 4:46:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< Betty,
     Sounds like a great technique for handling Dr.s! I'm glad to hear that
 you are finally getting your new chair.
             Susan
  >>

By the time I pulled that, they knew me and they knew I just might do it.
I'm just glad I didn't have to.  I still don't know when the chair is coming
though.

This isn't an isolated incident with doctors.  I found that out when I
started doing injury compensation at work.  Time and time again we had to
wait for documentation about employee injuries from doctors before we could
assign the employee to a limited duty position.  I had to call a number of
doctor's offices repeatedly trying to get documentation.  I know they have
bureaucratic headaches they never had in the past, but there must be a better
way.

I suspect that I'm not the only person on this list who has had to wait for
something they needed from a doctor's office.