push over Frank, you got another boob in competition

[cindi o'h]

oh Brother.

I tell ya.

I finally get the call regarding my CT scan. The nurse wanted to talk about my right breast.

I said, "I don't care about my breast, my concern is the lymph node."

She persisted that the onc wants an MRI of my breast to follow up on a mass seen there.

I said, "NO. absolutely not. I had to go to the Cities against my judgement and I went ahead and had an exam, mammogram and ultrasound of my breast in January. The surgeon told me that CT scans are unreliable for breast cancer diagnosis. I trust my surgeon implicitly. Now, what does the radiologist say about my lung and lymph node?"

stammer stammer..I have to talk to the doctor.... I don't see where it says anything about a lymph node....I just work here...

I say well read it to me..

It was an incomplete nincompoop report.

I am mad. What a crock.

I am getting my clothes on and going to get my wheelie walker all polished up and some heads are going to roll. What kind of circus am I involved with?

Talk about frustrating. Left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing.

[shineladysue]

Ohhhh Noooo, Cindi. That's awful . Couldn't she have the doctor call you? I think I remember he was going on vacation or something, is that right? That's so unfair. I just wanna cry. Hope you can get a better answer. Let us know.

Love,

Sue

[Ry]

You gotta horn on the wheelie walker?

[blaze100]

Hi Cindi, When the going gets tough, the tough head for the ice cream. What else can we do? We are at their mercy.

Although, if the news was bad, it is my guess you would have heard from doc? Love and Mercy, Barb

[cindi o'h]

That is what the frustration is all about. I feel so powerless. I was being so patient these past weeks with all this bullcrap. (wasn't I, Sue?)

I was told I would have an answer, but instead I get some runnaround bologna. I tried calling the radiologist's office. Can't talk with them. They are sequestered away in the bowels of the hospital and don't talk to patients, only other doctors. I told them that I rate higher that the doctor, I am the patient. That didn't get me far either.

I am enraged.

Ry, I need a horn for my wheelie walker, an airhorn!!!

Cindi o'h

[hollyanne]

Crap. This is so lame, Auntie Cindi. What next? Youjust need the "all clear" so you can just move on!!

[bethluvswill13]

Oh, Cindi that's terrible. I wish she'd have told you something.

[Don M]

I am sorry to hear about the irrelevant report Cindi. At least the image is there to look at again with the lymph node in mind. It is really hard to beleive that the radiologist did not remark on it.

Don M

[carolhg]

That is just not right! Unreal and unfair. Let your doctor know what hell you have been put through.

[Geri]

Are you forming a posse? I don't use a wheelie walker but can probably borrow one if needed to be a part!

Take care my friend and give 'em hell

Geri

[karenl]

Cindi, lots of love and support coming from down here! Hope it all get sorted quickly, and you're right - the patient IS more important than the doctor!!

Love Karen

[J.C.]

Cindi,

Could let you have the Fog Horn for your

walker and follow you to get the real

results.

xo

Jackie

[Tiny]

Cindi-

Get up on the rear wheels of that wheelie walker and make them give you some satisfaction! The "not knowing" is one of the most debilitating aspects of the crappola. Sending hugs and love.

[dadstimeon]

My thoughts and prayers are with you Cindi.

Rich