x-post from Stage 1 forum about seeing doctors

wallycat

Cross posted this on the Stage 1/2 forum....

I am frustrated seeing my oncologists. The one in Wisconsin and the one here in Washington have been very nice and all, but I swear, I wait for 1/2 hour to see them for 10 minutes.

I cannot imagine how quickly they breeze through these exams because their thoughts are on how late they are and the next person in the other room. I sometimes think they feel that because i am stage I, that I should not or do not need to worry. They charge huge fees and since I "knew" when I had breast cancer and they do not run any scans, tumor markers, etc., I wonder if I should just be checking myself and call them if I have issues.

I have just seen my onco and have had the frustration of a life time....1 hour to get there, 1/2 hour wait, 10 minutes (if that much) time with her and they wanted to run labs and screwed it all up so 1/2 of them were not run. They think I can just drive in (really??) and have it redone (at my cost).

just venting at medicine today. I miss the days when doctors were in this because they loved people and cared about science and not so fixated on money, money, money.......