Hi Brian,
Just read your message and chuckled - I came to the same conclusion last night at around 9:30 pm when I was having to numb my tongue up with OTC benzocaine to get to sleep. I called my surgeon (who unfortunately doesn't have a partner and is crazy busy - he really needs to get one!). There is a world of difference when you speak to the doctor directly instead of letting the nursing staff relay messages back and forth. He told me to come first thing this morning and tell the staff that he said that I have to be fit in - even though they are already overbooked. He doesn't want this to wait for him to return and doesn't want anyone else but him to do a biopsy. I'm happier with that too - I like that MD Anderson's pathology department had my results last time in under 15 minutes.

So - I'm off to sit and wait in a waiting room all day - but at least this will be addressed!