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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a suspicious lump. The soonest I can get a second scan and biopsy is in September.

I called another radiology company. They said they can't use the film from the first company and they are scheduling 5-8 weeks out just for a diagnostic test.

Anyone else in a similar boat? This is nuts.

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Do you own a calendar? September is in 3 weeks.

I had to wait 4 weeks for my biopsy this is typical. I was not offered a second scan.[/quote]

Is it really necessary to be derisive toward someone who is worried about her health? Why the snark? FFS, it takes so little to be kind. But you, and PPs, cannot manage it.

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Not the person you are responding to, but it is harder to take someone seriously when the story keeps changing. The post title implies several months, but then OP says in the post it's next month. Many of us have been there. Then later on it comes out that there may be other options, but that would entail OP having to take time off and drive her CD to other places. Yet, she presumably wants overworked medical professionals to prioritize her care and somehow add a few hours to their sometimes 80 hour work week. There is an explosion in cancer and fewer health professionals. They prioritize based on severity and when you call. She then says this is just unacceptable. What is her solution exactly| Produce more health professionals out of thin air or bump her in front of people with more severe health issues? Then you have people saying this country is the worst? Do you know people in Canada and Europe? I do and it's not on common to have insane wait times-even years for some things. Also, saying this is worse than any other country is comical. Go try a 3rd world country.

Life is highly stressful. Many of us have been through terrible things, but we also have perspective. Waiting a few weeks and then quickly getting treatment if something is found is fortunate, not a broken system.[/quote]

Your response is unreal to me. Not OP, not a PP. IT IS NOT A PATIENT’S FAULT IF PER YOUR FAIRY TALE, A PROVIDER HAS 80 HOUR WEEKS SO THINGS ARE DELAYED AND SLIP. What that is, is an example of the overall strain and inefficiency of obtaining routine, let alone acute, care. It’s ridiculous! It’s okay to want a better-functioning system, where health insurance gets you in reasonably quickly for diagnostic exams. That’s different from the whole rigamarole of scheduling annuals. Your perspective is not “zen.”

Take your halo and cram it. OP did not make Saint RN MD NP or whoever you’re who’re-knighting take that job. She’s not blaming any individual. Grow up.[/quote]

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