Heard from him; he's still able to eat today. He has pain all the time, depends on a certain medicine, and a new doc (female), has screwed up, ordered the wrong stuff, so he has to straighten that out next Tuesday. I’
I wish I could go there and stomp on the doc and chemo people, however they did manage to finish the chemo this time without them shutting down and going home as they did the last time.
Both Bob and I have had trouble with docs screwing up lately. Bob will have a procedure next Tuesday to put a shot in his lower back to stop pain from nerves there that go to his legs.
He has filled out three sets of papers because the doc to do the shot has an office in another building, and, he has an office in the building where the shot will be done. These two offices don't share any records. Then, in the building where the shot will be done, on first floor - on the second floor is where the main ortho doc is and those two offices in the same building, one on first floor and one on second floor, don't share any records.
If that sounds confusing, it is - none of these people share patient info. even though they are all part of this same Orthopedic group. Bob was ticked off these people don't talk to each other even though they are dealing with the same patient.
I went to my doc a few weeks ago, and the doc herself weighed me and measured me and said I was 5'3”, which I'm not. Then, the PA took my temp. and said it was 99.2, which it wasn't, I didn't have fever. Then, the doc was going to send new orders of my prescriptions to Walgreens, and they never got them, so had to call doc to please send the prescriptions. When I made that call, the answering person wanted me to just leave a message and I balked - told her I wanted to speak to a live person - she finally gave in and connected me to the doc's assistant.
This is what I have decided - if something is physically wrong, do research to find out what is wrong, then go to doc and tell doc what is wrong, give him/her the research to prove it, and suggest the meds you need and ask for the scrips to be ordered right then while you are there.
PS - never believe what the doc says as he/she is probably wrong.
Sad but true. You have to educate yourself so that you know whether the Dr. is making any sense. My Dad’s Cardiologist was the best Dr. I have run into ever.
He told me one time that I (and Dad)knew his health better than any Dr. ever could. So we had a better handle on whether he was sick or not. So he told me to never hesitate to speak up and object or question anything especially if they were trying to discharge Dad too early.
I always remember this. No matter what the Dr. is trying to tell me, if I feel that something is wrong - it’s wrong. If the Dr. can’t figure it out, then I have to help him or get a different Dr. (Shortage of Docs in rural areas though).