Congratulations! I know you've been wanting to do this for a while. Yippee for you! And for your patients! You're going to fill a void in the field combining your personal experience with your medical know how.
Congrats!
Joe
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Congratulations Ellie, I'm really excited for you!!!
Do you treat people who just visit once in awhile??
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Thanks for all the good wishes, everybody. (And Joe, if you're reading, thanks for the Mother's Day card - that was sweet ).
Yes, Nikki, I can see people from out of town if they come in to see me. If it's just a thyroid issue, they might want to see me for a one-time consult and then take the info back to their regular doc, or they might come in to see me twice a year and check in by phone in between.
I ordered furniture for the waiting room this morning! Unfortunately, my "to-do" list is as long as my arm. I'm getting excited, though. I do have moments of anxiety, wondering how long it will take to build up my patient base to the point where I can break even, but then I think: "If you build it, they will come". I KNOW that if I can just start to reach those patients that need what I offer, especially those thyroid patients, that word-of-mouth will soon bring me all the patients I need. (Heck, I had one very satisfied patient the other day who took a whole fistful of cards with her as she left!!! Nothing like restoring a middle-aged woman's libido to make her - and her husband - very grateful!)
So - I saw an article today, apparently Freud had an affair with his wife's sister, there's even an old hotel register where he signed them in as husband and wife!!!
Wow! Congrats on the practice! That's super exciting and challenging. Good things to come.......
Rob
"Achieve success, but without vanity; Achieve success, but without aggression; Achieve success, but without gain; Achieve success, but without force." Lao Tzu
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