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I’m working from home today. I can be ALMOST as productive from home as from the office.
I sent an email to my oncologist about my concern for not getting a Neulasta shot. Actually, it was a fax out of my computer, but for me, it’s about the same as an email and, when I send them, my oncologist refers to them as emails.
The oncologist’s office just called and said if I wanted a Neulasta shot, they would give me one. I am scheduled to be there at 10:00 tomorrow morning to get my shot.
Although it’s certainly not something I’m looking forward to, I want a very low white cell count even less.
I’m a little surprised, as I never expected they would respond to my request. I guess squeaky wheels do get greased.
UPDATE: I have long maintained that we should treat the people that a treating us as our employees. I think of myself as a manager of a medical team. If is my job to decide if they know what they are talking about. I do that by asking as hard of questions as I can. Mind you, I always speak softly and as nicely as I can.
But I am always ready to fire anyone on my team and replace them with someone else.
I recommend you treat your medical team the same way.
Posted by The Vorlon at May 23, 2006 3:21 PMExcellent point. Yes, they do work for us. We recently had a very bad experience with the way a dentist treated Mrs. Depraved Brain. His mistake, and subsequent brush off, resulted in her having to see another dentist and repair the root canal the first dentist performed. Seems like the original dentist missed one or two of the canals. I called and demanded he call me by the end of the day, which he did. I was very firm and explained the situation to him, telling him he now owed us $800 to fix his mistake. Since we had another $1,100 going to him for work for me, he said we were even. Nora has stopped going there and I will when my situation is resolved. But you are right. They are our employee - not Gods.
Posted by: Reb Orrell at May 24, 2006 10:01 AM