 "OCF Canuck" Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 105 | Hi Carpe,
As my husband's advocate, I contacted everyone I knew worked in the medical field and was given this advice on the get go: When you call any doctor's office and you have the sense you are not able to get through beyond the administration simply say, 'I would like to have the doctor call me back on this issue'! Now I only used this in the critical planning phase because any lost information or tests that might not get pushed along delays your treatment. I also made a point to ask for a copy of my husbands records, that way there is no wasted time and I was also able to better understand his diagnostics by reading the results myself!
I get the feeling you are very pro-active!
I spent my first Christmas away from my family in Prince George in 1999 before moving to Vancouver for a few years. My little sister lives just in the outskirts of Vancouver.
You go Girl! Best to you, Sophie
husband 61@diagnosis painter
6/9/13 Exophylic invasive SCC IV(ext.gingivobuccal) 3cm+ mandibular/lytic/erosion, jugular/node9mmshort-axis
17/9/13 Dx(moderately aggressive)
24/10/13 left madiblectomy, mod radical neck disct, leg flap, NGtube
2/01/14 (30 tx)rads 60gy
N2b (2nodes under jaw) (rem. in tiny nerves) (rem. 30 nodes)
Clear margin, close 2mm inner cheek
15/05/14 cellulitis
3/12/14 Chest CT Clear
27/02/15 cellulitis
8/6/15 cellulitis
10/6/15 Osteomyelitis
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