tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20882588.post3132718681870010378..comments2024-03-20T03:37:35.596-04:00Comments on not just about cancer: pissed offlauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533311678025418958noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20882588.post-56675900739582773752008-01-07T09:30:00.000-05:002008-01-07T09:30:00.000-05:00blast the medical profession. bunch of bozosblast the medical profession. bunch of bozosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20882588.post-75338271857093230782008-01-06T10:06:00.000-05:002008-01-06T10:06:00.000-05:00Hi Laurie - Happy New Year! I think having cancer ...Hi Laurie - Happy New Year! I think having cancer and dealing with the system - with all its caring, not-caring, paper pushing, chart filling, baggage is a lot like parenting a teenager. You have to choose your battles - keep your eyes firmly focused on the goal understanding the journey will get messy at times. Otherwise it'll (they'll) eat you alive - not out of maliciousness but out of plain mindless regimentation (or in the case of teenagers self-absorption). If this is a line in the sand battle go for it. If not just do something utterly spontaneously self-indulgent in the extra days while waiting for the next treatment. I'm not of the school that good things come from garbage just that I always treat myself especially well when this disease or its treatment (or my teenage daughter) doesn't. Things more or less will work out okay and I resent the blimps less if I honor myself (since they won't (grin)) <BR/>And yes - like you as I salvage my treatment again and again, I worry about those who don't have the confidence to fight, the resources to invest the time, the health to endure the stress. Or maybe our careproviders don't worry about us so much knowing we'll be on top of things and save their limited resources for those that need them most. No answer here on that one. Hope your routine comes back to you very soon.<BR/>Will take you up on your invite to email directly - have been traveling and am just back to my desk.<BR/>AllieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20882588.post-53796611633024451982008-01-06T09:51:00.000-05:002008-01-06T09:51:00.000-05:00That's terrible. Call your doctor's office today ...That's terrible. Call your doctor's office today (I know it's Sunday), leave a message saying that your oncologist had better fix this problem for you. The mistake wasn't yours, so you shouldn't have to run around trying to get it fixed. Your job is to sit there and get treated. It's bad enough that the treatment makes you feel like crap, you shouldn't be treated like crap too. Also, there is absolutely no excuse for not calling you back, to add insult to incompetence.<BR/><BR/>That said...hi, and happy new year! Leigh-Ann had a really great time visiting her family (if she'd been at her sister's more, she would've contacted you, but most of her time was spent in Belleville, at her parents' house), and they're making plans to do it more often and to get me there too. So, sometime this year, expect to meet me...whether you like it or not. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20882588.post-14778686084749525912008-01-06T08:42:00.000-05:002008-01-06T08:42:00.000-05:00I am sorry they are treating you like you do not e...I am sorry they are treating you like you do not exist. You deserve more than that. Don't they know how you are treated prior to all of this is tied into how you feel afterward, and do they even care? I would write someone a nasty letter if it were me. Someone that matter. High up on the totem pole. I cannot stand insubordination. I am expected to do my job and what is expected of me and I think everyone else should act accordingly. I wish I could go with you...I hope you get all this straighted out. You do not need the added stress,. I hope they let you do it as planned. Try not to stress too much. Tell em all off and be done with it,. Don't let the anger inside of you stay too long, vent and get rid of it, like I just did...LOL Thanks for that. No seriously let us know how this turns out. I worry for you and about you sweetie....CChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654928755852758611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20882588.post-64116795227833521842008-01-05T10:59:00.000-05:002008-01-05T10:59:00.000-05:00That's ridiculous! I agree that knocking heads is ...That's ridiculous! I agree that knocking heads is in order if that's what it takes to get things straightened out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20882588.post-28368876202562012422008-01-04T23:30:00.000-05:002008-01-04T23:30:00.000-05:00Yep. I'm sorry you're having to deal with any of i...Yep. I'm sorry you're having to deal with any of it. I'd given myself permission to indulge in the delusion that the New Year was going to bring Great Change and Wonderful Things, and so I'm pissed for myself and for my friends (including imaginary, virtual friends like you!) when everything is magically fixed and great in 2008. I can't wait to come back and read about the neck twisting.joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453075718683708291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20882588.post-90844140204065364632008-01-04T22:17:00.000-05:002008-01-04T22:17:00.000-05:00argh. it's making my blood boil. my aunt who has b...argh. it's making my blood boil. my aunt who has been waiting for surgery for over a year only found out recently that her specialist surgeon packed his bags and left town...without informing his patients. She now has to start all over again on the wait list. THAT's what happens when you take the wait-and-see attitude. <BR/><BR/>You go kick some ass. And if you need reinforcements, you have a long line of them to back you up.<BR/><BR/>(that being said, I'm sorry you have to do any of this.)debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16742833647756845505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20882588.post-51308684157136508522008-01-04T21:36:00.000-05:002008-01-04T21:36:00.000-05:00yikes! it makes my head spin. i hope it works out....yikes! it makes my head spin. i hope it works out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20882588.post-47451723080726246312008-01-04T21:12:00.000-05:002008-01-04T21:12:00.000-05:00Laurie, It's sounds like your oncologist dropped t...Laurie, It's sounds like your oncologist dropped the ball. I'm on one of those "don't see me just to say hi" things too. I go for about a month of nothing but weekly infusions, which the oncologist ordered. At the same time he schedules my monthly follow-up.<BR/><BR/>If your orders were for X # of treatments, all necessary doc appointments should have also been made to allow for time to not be so crushed up.<BR/><BR/>Definitely don't let them blow you off... all they need is that silly little pump machine, you can always bring a fold up chair (though really, you'd rather not have to do that...).<BR/><BR/>Oh, and thanks for commenting on my blog!Rebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192252189517062573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20882588.post-86500734278226725102008-01-04T20:58:00.000-05:002008-01-04T20:58:00.000-05:00Good advice! On Monday, that is exactly what I wil...Good advice! On Monday, that is exactly what I will do!lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533311678025418958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20882588.post-91681047687819019202008-01-04T20:51:00.000-05:002008-01-04T20:51:00.000-05:00You need to act like an Angry Black Woman and star...You need to act like an Angry Black Woman and start giving them some attitude. I know you hate to feel like you have to twist necks to get people to do their fucking jobs, BUT sometimes you have to go there. There is no being nice when it comes to saving your life. Summon you inner Angry Black Woman--yep you have one and go to it! If you need help check <BR/>www.theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com<BR/><BR/>Hang in there, fight, vent later after you get taken care of!<BR/>Love,<BR/>BabzBabz Rawls Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059921674059371076noreply@blogger.com