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To: Nachum

There are ways around the 2-week bit as it is. There was a shortage of docs at Ft. Hood when we were stationed there, particularly radiologists. They had a 2-week or 3-week, I forget which, limit for booking a “diagnostic” mammogram, 2 or 3 weeks after that to book an ultrasound when the mammo was suspicious, 2-3 weeks after that to look at the ultrasound and call regarding scheduling a needle biopsy, 2-3 weeks after the call to schedule it, 2-3 weeks to get the results, then a referral to surgery (at which point we pulled a few strings and got in earlier). Fortunately it ended up being benign but the whole process was closer to 4 months.


4 posted on 07/14/2010 9:17:02 PM PDT by BuckyKat (Green is the new red.)
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To: BuckyKat
There are ways around the 2-week bit as it is. There was a shortage of docs at Ft. Hood when we were stationed there, particularly radiologists. They had a 2-week or 3-week, I forget which, limit for booking a “diagnostic” mammogram, 2 or 3 weeks after that to book an ultrasound when the mammo was suspicious, 2-3 weeks after that to look at the ultrasound and call regarding scheduling a needle biopsy, 2-3 weeks after the call to schedule it, 2-3 weeks to get the results, then a referral to surgery (at which point we pulled a few strings and got in earlier). Fortunately it ended up being benign but the whole process was closer to 4 months.'

That's Government medicine. In my practice this workup would have taken about 48 hours.

8 posted on 07/15/2010 1:59:45 AM PDT by The Good Doctor (Democracy is the only system where you can vote for a tax that you can avoid the obligation to pay.)
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