SOOOOOOOOO MADDDDDD

Jess
on 8/13/09 4:08 pm - W St. Paul, MN
] Ok so I have been waiting for results of alot of tests for about 2 weeks now from tests that were done a month ago.  I have heard nothing at all.  My Rhuemetologist, who is supposed to get all her findings, has not heard a word either.  I have left several messages and nothing. 

 

Today I get a little upset and call again, refusing to leave a message and demanding (in a polite but frusterated way) to talk to someone.  Sorry ma'am but your doctor and nurse are out for the week.  I said how long am I supposed to wait?  She said call your PCP for the results.  By now I am getting more irritated.

 

So I call my PCP office and they said you have to leave a message for his nurse and they will call you back, so I did.  Well it was getting close to clinic closing time so I called again.  When I called again I was notified that my doctor and nurse were not even in today.  Nice of them to tell me that this morning.  I said I want my results now.  So she says leave a message for the treage (sp?) nurse and she will call you back.  She called back only to tell me she was holding results in her hand but could not tell me them untill a doctor reads them first.

 

Now my blood is starting to boil.  I said just when exactly will there be a doctor at either one of your 2 clinics.  She chuckled......I wasn't kidding.  She said WOW looks like your doctor will be here tomorrow.  I said can you please write a hand written note and put it on his desk to call me ASAP in the morning.  She said sure.  I really need to find new doctors, other than my Rhuemetologist who is wonderful.

 

 

 

Jess
5 1/2 years out
285/135
SW/CW
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Yelena K.
on 8/13/09 4:32 pm - Plymouth, MN
Call tomorrow like nobody's business... call so many times that it makes them sick!! Call until someone gives you your results. And if they don't? I dunno... go over there and demand them.

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Beanzo
on 8/13/09 5:34 pm - Eagan, MN
Jess,
I'm sorry that you are having to go through the "hurry up and wait some more" with the docs.  I know how frustrating that can be.

Here's hoping that you get some answers early in the day tomorrow.  I agree with Elena- keep calling!! Fill their voicemail (if they don't put you through right away).

Good Luck and please let us know what they find out.

Reenie
Mary M.
on 8/13/09 11:41 pm - Minneapolis, MN
It is so frustrating when they don't give you your results!   Even if there is nothing to worry about they should tell you so you don't have to worry.  It seems like the beaurocracy just gets more complex instead of better.  A friend of mine says, drop all the third party hoops and managed care and just hire more docs and nurses to get the job done!   I don't think that'll ever happen, but it so weird that managed care was invented to "streamline" medicine and it has made it more difficult!

Sorry you are going through this and hope you get your answers today!
Mary

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Farrah W
on 8/14/09 4:19 am - Tallahassee, FL
Ahhh Jess. I know how frustrating it is to wait. I'm so sorry. My fingers are crossed that you'll hear tomorrow.

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