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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are people being so shtty to OP? Usually this board is better than this.

Yes, it's common to have to wait a couple weeks around here, even for something like a biopsy for a suspicious lump.

No, that kind of wait should not be normal. Things like this should be checked [b]ASAP. [/b]

It's totally fine and normal for you to be worried, OP. This stuff can be serious. Anyone making you feel bad for worrying can pound sand. It's probably the same ashole poster who goes around shtting on everyone in every thread.

You should call around every office you can find on Google. I was given a 2 week wait for my lump biopsy, and I was the most anxious I have been in my life. I was able to find another office that had an opening later that same week and went there. They were so nice, and I actually liked the radiologist WAY better than the first one. I would go back to this second office if I ever had to do it again.[/quote]

You need to define "ASAP" and how providers need to prioritize which one bumps other patients. If I've been waiting 4 weeks and get bumped, is that okay? Don't I have right to know what's making me sick too? [/quote]

The text you bolded says "Should." It does not imply that OP should bump other people with equal or worse situations. It does not imply you don't have a right to know what's making you sick. Stop your outrage at the idea that OP doesn't want to wait weeks to follow up a suspicious lump and focus it on the fact that our current medical system is so overburdened and nothing is being done to improve it. [/quote]

Nobody “wants” to wait. Life is tough. Deal with it buttercup.[/quote]

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