I really like my pdoc and we get along great, but he's 86(!) and if he were to abruptly retire, I would be in a tight spot, as psychiatrists who accept Medicare patients are few and far between on this island, and I need to arrange for continuity of government. If I don't have a pdoc to prescribe medication, then go ahead and call the police.

I usually have a pretty good sense for what is polite and appropriate, although my posts here must often seem both impolite and inappropriate, and I rarely have a problem expressing myself, but I don't know how to ask him when he plans on . Any thoughts?