 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | Good for you Lori, I'll Be hoping it turns out to be not serious.
As for "Disagreeable" Brian, I didn't take it as disagreement. In our local clinic system it is hard to get an appointment with a specialist without a referral. I suggested her primary care DOC because she would gain another opinion on her way to the specialist. I am all in favor of "going to the top" and in fact that is what I meant for Lori to do. I'll stress that more loudly next time.
I also agree fully with all of the comments in other posts about demanding results in a timely fashion: hours and days instead of weeks or worse! It might be their golf schedual but it is our neck on the line (sorry, pun intended)
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
| 
