Informed Yesterday

Janner, thank you very, very much for your response! Yes, I called and spoke with the office manager, who seemed confused about why I was calling. She tried to pass it off as someone else's problem. Eventually, I managed to get her to commit that she would mail me out a copy of the lab. The lab was not even sent to my Primary Care, who referred me. I will be switching dermatology offices, since they standard of care doesn't seem to be very high there.

I ended up being seen at my clinic by nurse at my request this afternoon to look at the biopsy site to determine whether it was "normal". Although she admitted she didn't have a lot of experience in this area, her opinion was it was acceptable. My complaint was it seemed to be increasing in size, and the edges, which previously were not red, now were. I was told that the staging was done by the surgeon, because you can't stage by sight alone. In absence of the path report, we are all in the dark.

I will definitely go over the report in depth and I thank you for bringing to my attention the credentials of the interpreting person. I also appreicate knowing things to ask about. Going from zero knowledge to a tiny bit of literacy in this issue in 24 hours looks kind of steep! Out of all the sites I've looked at, none had those words depth, mitosis and ulceration together.

I posted this anonymously, but I actually have a profile. In it, I identify myself as deaf/hearing impaired. The tricky part of communication is having to use a third party over the internet to make calls. I call out, but people who call me get a Google voice number, which is analyzed by voice recognition software, and accuracy is 50% or less. That's why the office couldn't call me. I asked them for a letter instead.

Janner, thank you very, very much for your response! Yes, I called and spoke with the office manager, who seemed confused about why I was calling. She tried to pass it off as someone else's problem. Eventually, I managed to get her to commit that she would mail me out a copy of the lab. The lab was not even sent to my Primary Care, who referred me. I will be switching dermatology offices, since they standard of care doesn't seem to be very high there.

I ended up being seen at my clinic by nurse at my request this afternoon to look at the biopsy site to determine whether it was "normal". Although she admitted she didn't have a lot of experience in this area, her opinion was it was acceptable. My complaint was it seemed to be increasing in size, and the edges, which previously were not red, now were. I was told that the staging was done by the surgeon, because you can't stage by sight alone. In absence of the path report, we are all in the dark.

I will definitely go over the report in depth and I thank you for bringing to my attention the credentials of the interpreting person. I also appreicate knowing things to ask about. Going from zero knowledge to a tiny bit of literacy in this issue in 24 hours looks kind of steep! Out of all the sites I've looked at, none had those words depth, mitosis and ulceration together.

I posted this anonymously, but I actually have a profile. In it, I identify myself as deaf/hearing impaired. The tricky part of communication is having to use a third party over the internet to make calls. I call out, but people who call me get a Google voice number, which is analyzed by voice recognition software, and accuracy is 50% or less. That's why the office couldn't call me. I asked them for a letter instead.

Janner, thank you very, very much for your response! Yes, I called and spoke with the office manager, who seemed confused about why I was calling. She tried to pass it off as someone else's problem. Eventually, I managed to get her to commit that she would mail me out a copy of the lab. The lab was not even sent to my Primary Care, who referred me. I will be switching dermatology offices, since they standard of care doesn't seem to be very high there.

I ended up being seen at my clinic by nurse at my request this afternoon to look at the biopsy site to determine whether it was "normal". Although she admitted she didn't have a lot of experience in this area, her opinion was it was acceptable. My complaint was it seemed to be increasing in size, and the edges, which previously were not red, now were. I was told that the staging was done by the surgeon, because you can't stage by sight alone. In absence of the path report, we are all in the dark.

I will definitely go over the report in depth and I thank you for bringing to my attention the credentials of the interpreting person. I also appreicate knowing things to ask about. Going from zero knowledge to a tiny bit of literacy in this issue in 24 hours looks kind of steep! Out of all the sites I've looked at, none had those words depth, mitosis and ulceration together.

I posted this anonymously, but I actually have a profile. In it, I identify myself as deaf/hearing impaired. The tricky part of communication is having to use a third party over the internet to make calls. I call out, but people who call me get a Google voice number, which is analyzed by voice recognition software, and accuracy is 50% or less. That's why the office couldn't call me. I asked them for a letter instead.

Brian, thank you for your reply! I have requested the pathology report and yes, I will post because I know virtually nothing. I finally have a "referral" but it will take at least 2 business days for it to bounce back and forth between offices. I have to go look up what a Sentinel Node Biopsy is.  I'm impressed  that this site encourages self-advocacy and that people on the discussion board are caring and supportive with nuts and bolts info.  I am grateful for your advice and also Janner's. Not having any other means of learning, this looked like the best thing. Will keep you posted.

Brian, thank you for your reply! I have requested the pathology report and yes, I will post because I know virtually nothing. I finally have a "referral" but it will take at least 2 business days for it to bounce back and forth between offices. I have to go look up what a Sentinel Node Biopsy is.  I'm impressed  that this site encourages self-advocacy and that people on the discussion board are caring and supportive with nuts and bolts info.  I am grateful for your advice and also Janner's. Not having any other means of learning, this looked like the best thing. Will keep you posted.

Brian, thank you for your reply! I have requested the pathology report and yes, I will post because I know virtually nothing. I finally have a "referral" but it will take at least 2 business days for it to bounce back and forth between offices. I have to go look up what a Sentinel Node Biopsy is.  I'm impressed  that this site encourages self-advocacy and that people on the discussion board are caring and supportive with nuts and bolts info.  I am grateful for your advice and also Janner's. Not having any other means of learning, this looked like the best thing. Will keep you posted.