So frustrated

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My Dr for several years had me coming in once or twice a year for blood work and exams. I've got several rather serious medical issues, but have been able to keep them fairly well under control this way.

My current Dr is driving me nuts! He has me coming in 3-4 times a yr and does nothing more than the other one did for me, except that he refuses to renew my prescriptions for more than 2 -3 months at a time without always having to do new blood work. I've been on the same doses of the same meds for years other than when we were able to decrease a couple when I quit working. These blood workups cost nearly $1000 each time and my bill at the clinic just keeps growing because of this.

Now I need 3 prescriptions renewed again and they're holding the renewals hostage until I get blood work done and see him again. I was in for a blood test for my thyroid just Friday. This would be for my heart issues... so very pricey and could/should have been done all at once when I was in on Friday in my opinion.

If I change to a different clinic I will have to drive nearly an hr to see a Dr versus the 5 minutes it now takes me. I'm SO frustrated! I really like my Dr as a person... he listens and spends time with you and is just a very personable, nice man. He had a stroke so walks with a walker and is actually in far worse shape than I am so his patient count dropped dramatically while he was in rehab. I hate to switch, but this is really irritating!

I order my meds through Costco because the local pharmacy is far more pricy. It takes a good week for them to arrive and due to the dr being so slow, I often end up going without a med or 2 for a few days because he didn't get around to renewing when I needed him to.

So what would you do?