Just a number

• By silverdolphin
• Posted August 7, 2008 at 6:26 am

Im so sorry you are going through all of this , Aug 19th is a long time to wait for another appointment. I would also feel hurt to be treated that way . How are you feeling physically now ? are you still feeling ill? . I know that my mother and sister have been on 2 cruises and both times had stomach bugs which resulted in sickness . Do you think that this could have happened to you ?. I live in the UK and I would never be asked to wait for such a long time if I was feeling ill , I would not want to go to ER myself . I hope you feel better soon and vent all you have to we understand how you feel .

Take care Angie

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• By jolock2004
• Posted August 7, 2008 at 8:23 am

Unfortunely,if your not on chemo you should go see your primary Dr. or regular MD. They could have been a bit nicer to you,since you are a current patient. I hope you feel better soon.~~~Joanne

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• By MrsSumners
• Posted August 7, 2008 at 2:42 pm

You must live in Texas?? I know the feeling- now that I am on my first recurrance I am not first priority anymore. When I see my doctors they always say, "call we never want you to be in pain" but they are really busy with the patience starting their journey and I get put off for a few days. I would think you could ask to speak to your onc/gyn and bypass whomever is answering the phone! Feel better - P.S. I would address that road block on 8/19! You are still their patient. :)

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• By momanderson920
• Posted August 8, 2008 at 1:39 am

You hang in there. It is hard enough to put up with all these doctor's appointments we have to keep up with and go to without having to deal with something else. I hope you were able to get treated without too much difficulty and wait. You have every reason to be upset. I pray things get easier and you feel better soon.

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• By FavoriteAunt
• Posted August 8, 2008 at 10:21 am

That's a long time to wait and I am surprised they didn't try to squeeze you in. I know at my cancer center one of the physicians assistants always responds to my call and will then speak to my onc. and prescribe anything if needed. They tell me to call anytime. I understand that closing the place could lead to a jammed schedule, but still people need to be taken care of. You're off treatment 3 months - not 3 years - so they should help. They need to be responsive because your immune system could still be compromised (I know mine is and I finished chemo the end of Dec.).

Meantime, at least see your primary doctor. I'm just about to call mine because of a severe cough/cold that won't go away. My onc. also knows and told me to call him if I wasn't better in a few weeks (and I'm not).

Anyway, call your primary dr. and get to see him in the meantime. At least you'll feel you are doing something. I do hope you start to feel better.

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• By gg1
• Posted August 10, 2008 at 2:34 am

Thanks for all your support girls...... I did go to the dr. finally some doctor, any dr....... my gp was out of the country, naturally.........seems to be a recurring theme, anyway went back 2 days in a row to get steroid and antibiotic shots and was glad dr was being aggressive about treatment. I am so tired of feeling sick trying to pretent that I'm not. Felt better intially but not so good days past. This is a whole broncial, sinus, runny nose, cough, constantly mucus producing, headache, sleep apnea related, can't breath, pnenomia, with ear aches, and a upset stomach. Immune system definitly compromised. As far as my first 3 month check up being delayed close to 3 weeks, I'm just letting it go....I don't want to deal with that stress, any longer, more than three tries and I'm done these days. I'm having a rough enough time being sick, worrying about recurrance, are these symptoms real or anxiety induced? I need to get out of my own head.

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• By linda_w
• Posted August 10, 2008 at 6:45 am

Hi - Sorry you had to go through what you did. There's some old joke about how hard it is to get a dr. in August (vacations), and how we are all walking around anxious during that time of year. Hope you are feeling better! Letting go can be difficult, and important to live life one-day-at-a-time -- Keep on being diligent sharing!!
Regards,
Linda

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• By mary_randall
• Posted August 10, 2008 at 7:41 pm

Don't worry about how hard pressed the staff is, take care of you. Don't minimize any symptoms if you are concerned the medical staff should be too.

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