Thanks, all. It does help to have your support.
Waiting for scans, and then waiting for the results of scans, and then waiting for the consult to review the scans, is stressful in and of itself. In my support group, we call it "scanxiety."
They did some major juggling and got me in for a CT this afternoon (which is going to cost me over $1700 on my out-of-pocket cost - *with* "employer-provided" insurance. But universal healthcare would be bad, apparently. Grrr). But looking at the patient portal this morning, someone cancelled my follow up appointment with the doctor tomorrow morning. Cue me frantically messaging while pissed off at how crap they are at communication. (Though I just this minute got an automated "Covid-19 pre-screening" call, so some part of the system is still expecting me, apparently).
The patient portal is called "Follow My Health" and they all refer to it as FMH for short. I'm not sure how much is their fault and how much is you guys' influence that it's become "Fuck My Health" in my head this morning.
That's definitely news worthy of a freak-out, Epic. Health~ma to you.
Cue me frantically messaging while pissed off at how crap they are at communication.
I don't understand how doctor's offices are so bad at this. My botox will be five weeks late when I get it next Monday. They called yesterday to schedule the appointment, and then the same person called today with the literal same message.
Apparently the Dr has been scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning. (How they schedule a surgery during office hours is a head-scratcher. It can't be "emergency surgery" if it was scheduled 36 hours in advance, right?) And the fact that they cancelled a follow up for a FRIGGIN CANCER DIAGNOSIS without immediately reaching out to me to re-schedule (and maybe apologize) is kind of infuriating.
JFC, Epic. What a pain in the ass.
Gah. Epic! It makes me so mad that you have to deal with fucked up scheduling and pay a ton of money on top of actually BEING SICK ARGH
I would definitely also interpret that as F My Health, Epic. Good luck!!
That's so frustrating, Epic. I'm sorry you have to deal with that.
