Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
[...]

> That reminds me that I sometimes get e-mail or text messages from my
> medical insurance company or a doctors office that don't tell me
> whether they are referring to me or my wife.

I would hope that they would send messages for your wife to your wife
(unless she doesn't have a phone (AFAIK, she has a computer)) and
messages for you to you. There's this thing called 'privacy'.

On 10/2/23 10:37 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
> [...]
>
>> That reminds me that I sometimes get e-mail or text messages from my
>> medical insurance company or a doctors office that don't tell me
>> whether they are referring to me or my wife.
>
> I would hope that they would send messages for your wife to your wife
> (unless she doesn't have a phone (AFAIK, she has a computer)) and
> messages for you to you. There's this thing called 'privacy'.

Perhaps they use the same email address.

I use MY email address for a lot of hubby's stuff because he's just
unsuited to dealing with the crap that I take in stride. Comes with the
territory :-) To be fair, he does solve most of my computer and physics
problems.

--
Cheers, Bev
Will give investment advice for food.

Am 02.10.23 um 16:46 schrieb Ken Blake:
> That reminds me that I sometimes get e-mail or text messages from my
> medical insurance company or a doctors office that don't tell me
> whether they are referring to me or my wife.

Does your wife not have her own smartphone and her own e-mail-address?
And you are surprised about the mess? You seem to have a set-up almost
nobody else has.

--
Morituri te salutant

On 2 Oct 2023 17:37:17 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
wrote:

>Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
>[...]
>
>> That reminds me that I sometimes get e-mail or text messages from my
>> medical insurance company or a doctors office that don't tell me
>> whether they are referring to me or my wife.
>
> I would hope that they would send messages for your wife to your wife
>(unless she doesn't have a phone
> (AFAIK, she has a computer)) and

She no longer has either. Everything comes to my phone number and my
e-mail address..

>messages for you to you. There's this thing called 'privacy'.

On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 12:23:17 -0700, The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 10/2/23 10:37 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>> Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>>> That reminds me that I sometimes get e-mail or text messages from my
>>> medical insurance company or a doctors office that don't tell me
>>> whether they are referring to me or my wife.
>>
>> I would hope that they would send messages for your wife to your wife
>> (unless she doesn't have a phone (AFAIK, she has a computer)) and
>> messages for you to you. There's this thing called 'privacy'.
>
>Perhaps they use the same email address.

Yes. She had her own, but she's no longer able to deal with e-mail.

>
>I use MY email address for a lot of hubby's stuff because he's just
>unsuited to dealing with the crap that I take in stride. Comes with the
>territory :-) To be fair, he does solve most of my computer and physics
>problems.

On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 08:36:12 -0700, AJL wrote:
> Perhaps I use it more than I should for simple stuff since it's often
> easier than going to the PCP and the cost is the same (YMMV). Most
> recently the SO woke feeling bad. She called the PCP but couldn't get in
> until late afternoon so went to Urgent Care and was back home by 9AM.
>
> I also have a Virtual Doctor available for simple stuff. My insurance
> company is always suggesting I use it since (I'm guessing) they run it
> and it probably costs them less...
>

Kaiser offers a free nurse advice line, and some past insurers I've
had do also. (Of course Kaiser's understaffed call center software
makes it unnecessarily hard to actually talk to a nurse, but that's
another story.)

I find it really helpful to be able to describe my symptoms when I'm
not sure if I need urgent care, a routine doctor visit, or just self-
care at home - especially since both urgent care and the doctor are
an hour's drive away.

--
Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
Shikata ga nai...

Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
> On 2 Oct 2023 17:37:17 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> >Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
> >[...]
> >
> >> That reminds me that I sometimes get e-mail or text messages from my
> >> medical insurance company or a doctors office that don't tell me
> >> whether they are referring to me or my wife.
> >
> > I would hope that they would send messages for your wife to your wife
> >(unless she doesn't have a phone (AFAIK, she has a computer)) and
>
> She no longer has either. Everything comes to my phone number and my
> e-mail address..

I'm sorry to hear that! Of course I didn't mean to offend. The best to
the both of you.

> >messages for you to you. There's this thing called 'privacy'.

Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
> [...]
>
>> That reminds me that I sometimes get e-mail or text messages from my
>> medical insurance company or a doctors office that don't tell me
>> whether they are referring to me or my wife.
>
> I would hope that they would send messages for your wife to your wife
> (unless she doesn't have a phone (AFAIK, she has a computer)) and
> messages for you to you. There's this thing called 'privacy'.

There's also a thing "carer". Many, many people are carers for others so
are responsible for their doctor's appointments. This is a system failure.

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
> Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> > Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> >> That reminds me that I sometimes get e-mail or text messages from my
> >> medical insurance company or a doctors office that don't tell me
> >> whether they are referring to me or my wife.
> >
> > I would hope that they would send messages for your wife to your wife
> > (unless she doesn't have a phone (AFAIK, she has a computer)) and
> > messages for you to you. There's this thing called 'privacy'.
>
> There's also a thing "carer". Many, many people are carers for others so
> are responsible for their doctor's appointments. This is a system failure.

You are right of course and we are well to aware of what a "carer"
entails. But I was responding in the context about what I knew about Ken
and his wife. But, as Ken wrote, sadly their situation changed.

On 3 Oct 2023 13:44:18 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
wrote:

>Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
>> On 2 Oct 2023 17:37:17 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
>> >[...]
>> >
>> >> That reminds me that I sometimes get e-mail or text messages from my
>> >> medical insurance company or a doctors office that don't tell me
>> >> whether they are referring to me or my wife.
>> >
>> > I would hope that they would send messages for your wife to your wife
>> >(unless she doesn't have a phone (AFAIK, she has a computer)) and
>>
>> She no longer has either. Everything comes to my phone number and my
>> e-mail address..
>
> I'm sorry to hear that! Of course I didn't mean to offend.

I didn't think you did.

>The best to
>the both of you.

Thanks very much, Her condition is terrible, but at least she seems to
be pretty stable--not getting worse-- for now.