Thursday, July 11, 2013

Be Proactive

You have heard it other places, from your mom I am sure. I feel its my duty to continue the call. 

Be proactive.

Today we went to the doctor and as it turns out, what we thought was the right appointment date, was not. We were two weeks early. Wait, I am confused. We already have a another scheduled additional appointment for this doctor in two weeks. No, we now know that it is not an appointment for this doctor but a test that this doctor has ordered. Two weeks after the test he wants to see us. Of course we did not have an appointment for that date. We do now.

(us as in Raymon)

What we thought we would learn today, we should rather learn one month from today. Following that, treatment plans. That will be over 60 days without treatment for a situation that may have nothing to do  with the surgery. However, this complication happen following surgery.

Sure the appointment confusion is frustrating yet that sort of stuff happens. One expects glitches here and there. Yet this situation, medical treatment by calendar scheduling is hindering his recovery. 

Sometimes too many cooks do spoil the pot.

And in this case, my pot is too precious to leave to these professionals.  

So, after a brief computer search, I have enough information to be dangerous, attack the NYC medical field at large and find my precious pot a workable agenda. 

Let me explain. After browsing for ten minutes, I had a workable diagnosis name to ask about. After an hour, I had done enough cross checking to know that a print-out was in order and knew of several in-office tests. Proactive? You bet. Right or wrong at least the new guy will get the idea that we need correct information and correct treatment now. 

Apparently what we are looking at isn't that common but isn't unheard of either.

In other words, a new approach begins tomorrow. The appointment with a new doctor in a different field at a new location is at 11:00 A. M.