#149703 - 05/18/12 04:31 PM
How do I get my medical records?
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Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Registered: 03/15/12
Posts: 46
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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Just curious because I'd really like to have them for myself. What's the easiest way to go about getting all of my medical records? Should I contact each of my doctors or my insurance company? Thanks!
MissB
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Female,27 yrs old,Non-Smoker/Social Drinker
T3 N1 M0 SCC Dx 11-10-11
11-23-11 Left Hemiglossectomy
11-30-11 Modified Radical Neck Dissection
01-25-12 Removed another spot on BOT, skin graft (left thigh)
38 RADS Tx Finished April 13, 2012
Living life in spite of cancer and not in fear of it!
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#149705 - 05/18/12 05:37 PM
Re: How do I get my medical records?
[Re: MissBazinet]
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Senior Member (100+ posts)
Registered: 02/04/12
Posts: 125
Loc: MN
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All of my husbands appointments were through the University of MN Hospital. I went to the business office and requested all his records. I was able to get everything, even his PET scan on CD. It was quite a stack of papers and very interesting reading for me.
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Husband diagnosed Oct '11 Cancer of the vocal cord Nov '11 removed right vocal cord. Neck Dissection, cancer in one node, .2, very small & contained) Jan '12 Radiation and Cisplatin, 6 doses. June '12 & Dec '12 clear Pet scan. April '13 Celebrating 1 year cancer free since treatment ended.
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#149706 - 05/18/12 05:41 PM
Re: How do I get my medical records?
[Re: terrib]
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Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Registered: 04/16/09
Posts: 325
Loc: Fort Myers, FL, Lockport, NY
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Terrib is right that's how I got mine I had to sign papers for them. The local hospital here charged $1.00 a page Moffitt Cancer Center charged me nothing.
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SCC. of the left lateral tongue, anterior two thirds, T1 possibly a T2.
Left partial glossectomy, left selective neck dissection 4/21/09. Nodes clean, No Rad, No Chemo.
CT Scan 9/11 clean, CT Scan 9/12 clean
Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL. A+.
My hometown Lockport, NY.
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#149713 - 05/18/12 09:02 PM
Re: How do I get my medical records?
[Re: ConnieFL]
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"OCF Canuck"
Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Registered: 12/22/10
Posts: 3572
Loc: Toronto canada
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Just ask.
My dr (family) gets a copy of everything, thg here charges for copies of the cts etc... but my local hospital doesn't. Good luck
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Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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#150144 - 05/29/12 03:57 PM
Re: How do I get my medical records?
[Re: MissBazinet]
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Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Registered: 06/12/07
Posts: 5245
Loc: Mingo Jct., Ohio
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Contact you PCP as the other Drs that treat you send them your records.
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Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April
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#150195 - 05/30/12 04:44 PM
Re: How do I get my medical records?
[Re: MissBazinet]
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Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Registered: 08/22/10
Posts: 57
Loc: Normal, IL
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Jim,
That’s a great idea. The hospital where my husband was treated uses an out-of-state record keeping company. Asking for records requires knowing exactly what to ask for. Their support was nonexistent. I wanted the surgeons’ reports and the pathology reports but described them incorrectly. I was told it would cost over $200 for nearly 400 pages! What I really wanted was only about 15 pages.
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Susan, CG to husband, diagnosed April 2010, age 56, non-smoker, no HPV
Mandibulectomy on left side May 2010 followed by 30 radiation, 3 cisplatin treatments.
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