No one likes being sick. It always happens right after your doctor's office is done for the day. What do you do? Call 911? Go to the nearest urgent care center? Go to the local emergency room? Call your own doctor?

The answer is, it depends. On What? Well, the severity or acuity of the situation and your ability to make a reasonable decision. If you having severe pain, a heart attack or a stroke, something similar then 911 is clearly the number one choice. The rest of the time, calling your doctor's general office number first is reasonable. While some doctor's offices have something called an answering service, our office's phones are forwarded to Dr. Yee's cell number directly. Depending on the time of the day or night, Dr. Yee may answer the call directly. If he does not then the call will go to his personal voicemail. When you get there, please leave your name, your phone number, the reason for Dr. Yee to call urgently. By doing this, you may be able to avoid and unnecessary visit to urgent care center because Dr. Yee may be able to advise you that you can wait until the next day or two to be seen. The final decision is always yours.