Posts by stormyfalcon3

Linda White64 said:Whenever I’ve been out of town, I just went to the on-call doctor at the local Community Health Center. They’d usually just send me off to either the ER or an urgent care clinic.

For thyroid hormone tests, you usually book through the hospital in Des Moines, unless you're pregnant—then you don't need an appointment for the first one. Otherwise, regardless of pregnancy, they schedule your slot based on when you're actually seeing the endocrinologist, typically about 7 to 10 days prior. You usually get the results via email the same day.

Thanks for the info. I don't actually have an appointment with an endocrinologist scheduled yet. Please tell me I won't be stuck waiting over a month just because of that.

Brenda Hughes2 said:I scheduled my appointment at the Community Health Center a day in advance, but since my referral included hormone levels, I had to make sure I went on a specific day of my cycle.

Do you happen to know if the wait times there are any shorter than they are at the Mayo Clinic?

My primary care doctor gave me a referral to get my TSH and T4 levels checked because they suspect I might have hypothyroidism. Do I actually need to schedule an appointment specifically with the nuclear medicine department, or can I just show up and wait to be called? If I do have to book ahead, any idea how long the wait typically is?