Monday, April 14, 2008

So soon, and not soon enough!

It is difficult to believe that Robb and I will be married in 26 days and that I just started my 9th Trimester at Logan (9/10!). We thought our engagement would feel rushed since we only had 6 months, but it has taken a surprisingly long time. Now we are one month away and I've got nothing left to do really, except wait (and I'm not very good at that!). School is going by quickly as well. Although I am in the middle of Tri 8 finals week we have already started Tri 9 clinic. I have a limited number of patients currently, so I am keeping myself busy here by blogging to avoid studying. It's not like a medical clinic where you can just hang up a sign and the appointment book fills up - we have to recruit. I wish school was closer to home so that I could get you folks to come, but I guess this is good practice for me. I will be working here until December when I graduate. By then I need to recruit and treat quite a few more patients and be here for an un-Godly amount of hours. Luckily we don't take classes in Tri 10, so that lightens the load a bit. I've been making excuses for 4 months now saying, well Ill try to get patients after I settle in at clinic, or after Boards, or after Easter, or after finals, or after the wedding/honeymoon. Those are all valid excuses, but once May comes, I'll be all out of them. Imagine if you had to give health talks, do screenings, or go door to door in search of people to come to your place of business. It is weird and uncomfortable. I love chiropractic, but marketing is now my forte. Oh well - it's not going to get any easier when we move to Oregon and I start my own practice. Enough ranting...what have you folks been up to??

4 comments:

Laura said...

26 days!!! Wow! I can't wait to hear all about the big day and see pictures!

As far as recruiting patients, that would seem odd and uncomfortable. Is there a specific reason that it is set up that way? Do most chiropractors begin their own business?

Anonymous said...

We are totally open to having walk-in patients, but people just don't understand the need for chiropractic care. They would rather wait weeks to get an appointment with their MD who makes them sit a hour in the waiting room before speding 3 minutes with them and manages to give them pain killers that won't fix the problem, only numb them for the time being - all without actually touching the patient. Amazing!

Rebekah said...

What are we up to, 16 days or so? I'm sure it's going faster as it gets closer. I can imagine it would be hard to go out and search for patients:( Oh well, in 2 weeks you'll be in Hawaii!

Maria said...

wow, that recruiting patients doesn't sound fun! And yes, the average joe does not understand about chiropractic care, and neither do insurance companies!! But I'm a believer now!!

I am about to graduate and you are about to get married..crazy!! Wish I could be there, I'm sure it will be a great day, and I want to see pics! I'll try to update my blog soon.

P.S. I will try to plan a trip out to St. Louis this summer!