 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Why not just call the radiation oncologist office and ask them to fax or mail you the report? That's what I always did - of course my doctor told me in the beginning that I had a basic right to access all of my records and reports and always sent copies of everything to me.
And that is protocol - the guy who ordered the test should be the one giving you the report - not the doctor that the report was referred to.
It was a mistake to piss off your ENT - at this point he IS your primary care physician. He is the one with the primary responsibility of "watchful waiting". The regular physical/palpation exam is what is recommended by the NCCN practice guidelines - the scans are optional. I would "kiss and make up" if I were you.
Gary Allsebrook
***********************************
Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
________________________________________________________
"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
| 
