I email or even text my doctor, depending on the urgency. It's a rarity for sure, but keep looking until you find one that isn't solely working for their "care

I email or even text my doctor, depending on the urgency. It's a rarity for sure, but keep looking until you find one that isn't solely working for their "career" -- they do exist, though they're hard to find and commonly are not taking new patients (diamonds in the rough). You can also look into finding a "concierge doctor", I believe its a somewhat newer business model but is one I had been looking towards for a while until I found my current doctor. I'm in the southwestern U.S. FWIW.