The Canadian forum is more geared towards Canadian cysters. Posting this question elsewhere on SC's may help you get a better response to this question.
As for you seeing a doctor in the U.S. if you are willing to pay, any doctor accepting new patients most likely will not have any issues accepting you as a patient. Just find the name of the doctor you want to meet with, call their office, find out their fees, make your appointment, show up at your scheduled time, and pay your bill .Also see if the doctor you want to meet with has a website, a few of them actually have their fees on their sites.
Believe it or not, when people come to Canada from other countries, and are willing to pay for their visits, doctors are more likely to see them over people that are insured through the provincial health systems because their fee schedules allow them to charge a significant amount more than they bill our government.
I know of many women that have travelled to worked with American reproductive endocrinologists, more often than not things worked as I mentioned above, however, every doctor and/or clinic may differ.
As for filling prescriptions written in the U.S. you will have to call a pharmacy in Ontario and find out the rules. Each province and state has different rules. Here in B.C. there was an agreement made a few years back with the Washington government that makes it easier to fill prescriptions between the two.
I'm not sure why you want to go to a walk in clinic in the U.S. over one here, as a walk in clinic is just that, a quick appointment clinic for non-emergency type issues. If you are looking for a good doctor to help address your concerns, just like here in Canada, you would be better off dealing with a specialist and because of that you will end up paying more $$$ per visit but having a competent doctor. If you are looking for treatment options not available in Canada, your wait could be over soon. There are many new treatments, and medications that are in the final testing phases and should be available in Canada soon. If you are upset about wait times here, you can always ask to be put a cancellation list or offer to pay cash per visit. Like I mentioned doctors can charge more and are often more accomodating to their cash patients.
Whatever your reasons might be, good luck with your doctor search.
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