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My sister's mastectomy is delayed...because of what?? Nutsy!
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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 512742" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Just got a call giving me an update...or "down" date. I'll try to make this brief, sigh. She was diagnosis'd with stage one breast cancer about a week ago. Her daughter set her up with the "top" breast surgeon & reconstruction surgeon (not easy to do but her daughter has mega connections). Before heading to the "big city" to meet with the surgeons she went in person to her hometown doctors. offices to "get her records" and "check to see if there was anything else she needed". Nurses provide records and say "good luck".</p><p></p><p>So she is seen by the "top" guys, given an MRI which shows that a mastectomy is the right choice. The surgeons were ready to schedule her for tomorrow. Ooops. They have to have "releases" from her regular MDs. So she and her husband drive back to hometown...and two of her Dr's won't sign releases with-o seeing her in person. Where she lives the doctors don't work on Friday! SO..she has to wait until Monday to be seen in person and therefore the surgery schedule went down the drain. Neither could "fit her in" today.</p><p></p><p>It's not the end of the world..but absurd since she has seen both of those Dr's in 2012. Bottom line is, I guess, that insurance companies and lawyers rule the world. She's a bit volatile, lol, and said to the head nurse at one office "I have cancer. I am scheduled for surgery. I'll sign a release of liability but I sure as heck am not going to wait until it's convenient for your schedule." LOL DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 512742, member: 35"] Just got a call giving me an update...or "down" date. I'll try to make this brief, sigh. She was diagnosis'd with stage one breast cancer about a week ago. Her daughter set her up with the "top" breast surgeon & reconstruction surgeon (not easy to do but her daughter has mega connections). Before heading to the "big city" to meet with the surgeons she went in person to her hometown doctors. offices to "get her records" and "check to see if there was anything else she needed". Nurses provide records and say "good luck". So she is seen by the "top" guys, given an MRI which shows that a mastectomy is the right choice. The surgeons were ready to schedule her for tomorrow. Ooops. They have to have "releases" from her regular MDs. So she and her husband drive back to hometown...and two of her Dr's won't sign releases with-o seeing her in person. Where she lives the doctors don't work on Friday! SO..she has to wait until Monday to be seen in person and therefore the surgery schedule went down the drain. Neither could "fit her in" today. It's not the end of the world..but absurd since she has seen both of those Dr's in 2012. Bottom line is, I guess, that insurance companies and lawyers rule the world. She's a bit volatile, lol, and said to the head nurse at one office "I have cancer. I am scheduled for surgery. I'll sign a release of liability but I sure as heck am not going to wait until it's convenient for your schedule." LOL DDD [/QUOTE]
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