I found out my mammogram was abnormal after 3 weeks!

I assumed the doctor's office would call me if it were. It wasn't until I got a letter from the radiologist 3 weeks later that I learned it was abnormal.  I called my doctor's office and the secretary assured me that they had called me and had left a message. I asked the secretary what number she had and she kept saying, "tell me what your phone number is and I'l see if it is what we have." I asked to speak to her boss and she found that they hadn't even been sent the report.  I was LIVID! That secretary disappeared within a few days. I also brought the matter up with administration at the hospital where the test was performed. There was a "hurry up offense"  to get me in for an ultrasound and I didn't even have to sit in the waiting room. Fortunately for me everything was okay.

No excuses. 30 day TAT. Absurd.

Hope everything works out okay for you.

• 30 day TAT in this office ... office politics at its best - Need in put
  • As a patient, I would contact management for sure. They will listen - Wow
  • This is horrible! - Chelle
    • It is insane. What is more insane is the - OP
  • 30 day TAT - Unbelievable
  • Total incompetence and I'd be screaming big time. - ITA
    • I found out my mammogram was abnormal after 3 weeks! - omt
  • It wouldn't be tolerated from a private provider, right? - diddles
    • When I stressed the important of having medical documents (legal documents) - Say what?
      • I had to reply here to what the woman said - Unbelievable
        • The MR reports were being filed. Referring physicians/medical care providers reports were not. - To clarify
          • late reports - unbelievable
      • As sad as it is, this goes on everywhere - diddles
        • incompetent facility - Unbelievable
        • Don't you love it when justice prevails? - Glad I left too.

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For years and years they told me,
Be careful of your breasts,
Don't ever squeeze or bruise them,
And give them monthly tests.

So I heeded all their warnings,
And protected them by law.
Guarded them very carefully,
And my bra I always wore.

After 30 years of astute care,
My Doctor found a lump.
She ordered up a mammogram,
To look inside that lump.

"Stand up very close" she said.
As she got my boob in line,
"And tell me when it hurts," she said.
"Ah yes! There, that's fine."

She stepped upon a peddle.
I could not believe my eyes!
A plastic plate pressed down and down,
My boob was in a vice!

My skin was stretched and stretched,
From way up under my chin.
My poor boob was being squashed,
To Swedish pancake thin.

Excruciating pain I felt,
Within it's vice-like grip.
A prisoner in this vicious thing,
My poor defenseless tit!

"Take a deep breath", she said to me,
Who does she think she's kidding?
My chest is mashed in her machine,
And woozy I am getting.

"There, that was good", I heard her say
As the room was slowly swaying.
"Now let's have a go at the other one".
Lord have mercy, I was praying.

It squeezed me from up and down,
It squeezed me from both sides,
I'll bet she's never had this done,
Not to her tender little hide!

If I had no problem when I came in,
I surely have one now.
If there had been a cyst in there,
It would have popped, Ker-pow!

This machine was designed by man,
Of this I have no doubt,
I'd like to stick his balls in there.
And see how they come out!

Having a mammo and ultrasound tomorrow for palpable lump discovered last week.  Never had one before and am wondering if the techs will tip you off in some fashion if the results look favorable.  Also have appt with surgical oncologist later in the week, but I am on pins and needles mostly because I am a self-supporting single mom and can't afford substantial downtime as well as other issues with DD.

I'm also a little concerned about the speed with which all of this has been arranged.  Hopefully it's just out of an abundance of caution.  TIA.  Hope this didn't post twice.  I don't know what happened to the first one in the email verification process!

Can anyone calm my fears?  My PCP just called and said that my Pap smear came back abnormal and he is going to refer me to see a gynecologist for further examination.  He told me that this does NOT mean I have cancer but I am still worried.  Although I can't think of anyone in my family with cervical cancer, cancer is strongly positive in my family.

My PCP told me that his nurse would call and get me an appointment and then call and let me know when it would be.

but I should have quit sooner (Medquist). They misrepresented (I'm being nice here) the type of work I would have. When there was work (constantly ran out), I spent most of my time looking up names of physicians for the demographics. It was a nightmare. After a few reports, I'd get the dreaded "There are no more reports. Please press...."  Then I'd call the office and if I was lucky, someone would return my call in an hour....Like I said, I didn't want to feel like a quitter either, but I finally figured that they weren't treating me like a valuable employee, why should I hang in there when no one would even return my calls?  My previous employer took me right back, and  thankfully hadn't found a permanent replacement for my accounts!  If I ever search again, I will try the new place out first part-time before jumping into the flame.

on this forum was saying she bought 2003 with 2008 Works for 48.00 or so on E-Bay, from a seller in Arizona.  Another person wrote a message that it wasn't 2003 with 2008 Works but 2002, but the original poster said it was INDEED 2003 and she was using it!  You might try search?

I remember this post because it interested me in that I needed a copy of 2003 & was willing to buy it through E-Bay.  Luckily, my hubby works for computer manufacturer in testing division.  They had an unused copy of 2003 that they didn't really need or want as they said this was "old technology" & they let me have it!    Made my day!

So not very often...just....It was just something that my dad never did with us and I don't like it. I've told him that but he just shrugs his shoulders about it and says it is no big deal, even when she points and says like, what's that?

 I don't know, am I a prude? I just don't think it is appropriate.

And the hospitals have been busy lately, that's the funny thing! 

Does anybody know of a service that will let you work part-time a very minimal amount of hours, like 10 hours a week?  I haven't seen a service like that in a long time.  TIA