MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

meece--I can understand your wanting to coordinate appointments.  I drive 95 miles one way for most of my in-state appointments.  I still think you should talk to the Onc's office, they or the PCP's office is supposed to coordinate all that. I hold my Onc's office responsible for making those kinds of appointments AND coordinating them to minimize travel time. WE'RE doing THEM a favor by bringing out business to them, I pay the bills, therefore I call the shots.  The beast takes so much control away that I grab onto any bit of  control that I can, I guess.  Besides, if Daisy knew she had to answer to the office nurse or coordinator or admin or whoever sets up the appointments she may either smarten up or get replaced by someone competent! 

 And to whoever has a list of calls for me to make (it's on the previous page and I can't go back without losing everything here) bring it on!  I haven't gotten into a good screaming match for a long while now, it would help me blow off some nervous energy!  I'm still a bit jumpy from yesterday and I could use a distraction. . . 

I appreciate reading your post It help me get thur rough days!

I am now 18 day post -op today & still have both drains  too . They driving me crazy, But still haveing 55 cc in one today. I can't figuire it out. The surgeon wont take my out til under 25cc & he wont start filling expander until both drains out.

 Are any of  my TE friends having Rib pain. The expander is causing sharp pain  in my ribs.  Sleeping on my Back doesn't help I am trying pillow for sl releif.

 I do hope you all are getting stronger every day!

Hugs to all

Gina

No more contact from Medical personnel today.  I hope I find out more tomorrow.  I've already had to take Monday off without pay.  At least I could squeeze in a couplpe of more appointments.  Thank you for the hugs.

Eph3_12:  In Maine a health care provider can't send an account to collections as long as there is a regular payment being made.  I'm still paying $1 a month on a bunch of accounts just to get some satisfaction of costing them more to process the check than they get out of it, but they have to credit it to my account. I'll bet there's a similar regulation in your state.  They made my life miserable and this is the only way I have to get back at them, since they won't listen to me. 

Don't you just love the "compassionate" care we get when it comes to the financial part of cancer care?  

Gina - Some women find that they have to sleep semi-upright in a recliner until they're farther along with the healing process. Do you have some way to sleep somewhat upright?

NativeMainer - I think perhaps we have an idea here that could bring you big bucks! People could pay you to use your... assertiveness to get things done - or at least communicated - for them! Still working on my list. A friend of mine has some family issues lately: mother sick and irrational, sister in denial, brother not talking to sister. Do you handle fruitcake family members, or are your services just limited to dealing with bad customer service?

kleenex--I'll take care of doc's offices, scheduing appointments, and filing complaints with state and federal agencies, but NO WAY to do I deal with insane family members!  Being an obnoxious patient advocate is one thing, trying to deal with crazy familly members can get me hurt, and I'm morally opposed to pain! 

Meece--Oh, dear, Daisy is truly a flake!  I'm thinking it's time to have a chat with her supervisor, or at least to be talking with the office manager or doc, daily, until all this gets squared away.  You might want to start going to Daisy's desk after every appointment and sitting/standing there until she takes care of everything properly.  It absolutely fries me that any of us have to resort to this kind of effort to get people to do their job properly.  

Oh. my, I need a drink.  I'm going back to the drinking thread!

(((Gina))) you can boo-hoo here any time.  We get it.

 I had a breakthrough this afternoon.  Daisy called with the approval for the MRI (She left a message and asked me to call if I needed anything else)  DUH! The other approvals!  So I called and believe it ort not, in just 30 minutes, she had the approval for the CT Scan and the CT Lab called me to schedule.  I am in for Monday afternoon, and I can have the bloodwork done right after the MRI in the morning!  Three appts in one day!! Hurray!! Well, Daisy, how about my Mammo?  Hmm she didn't look for that one.  Oh, yes, she found it and because it is diagnostic, I can go ahead and schedule it without the Approval.  I also got my Onc appt. rescheduled. 

Now all that is left for this month is the mammo, my PS follow-up and an appointment with an allergist.  I feel a bit less stressed even with this schedule looming.  NM, tell me more about this drinking thread....

Somebody please tell me where the drinking thread is.  I love a good party.

Navy

Gina, it's pretty common for the levels to fluctuate based on your physical movement. I found when I did nothing they drained better! Go figure. Maybe when we move a lot our body absorbs more?

As for the last one draining more, did you have a bilat or uni? I had a bilat, so my drains were quite separate.

Keep it in as long as possible! The buildup of fluid after can be quite uncomfortable if it's taken out too soon. My skin didn't adhere to my muscle properly and I have mild tuncal LE where I had a seroma.

NM, they must have begun falling into place because word got out I was gonna sick you on 'em!  Amazing that Daisy couldn't get approvals in the past 5 weeks, but when I nailed her down yesterday, she got them in 35 minutes.  Go figure.

Going to be busy this weekend, so if I don't get by here later, have a great weekend, everyone!

LOL seyla!!

Oh. boy meece, it never ends, does it?