From: "Dr. D. Kossove" <doctordee@telkomsa.net>
To: "sharon anderson"
Subject: my turn to let off some steam   industrial fire alarm
Date: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:44 PM

~~~~~~~~ my turn to let off some steam ~~~~~~~~
Please ignore this next ranting if you just arent in the mood!


I called the coordinator for the vaccine trial yesterday to see if they got
my tissue tested yet.
Go Figure!  She never received them.   I had requested verbally & in writing
for the tissue be sent, as well as the trial coordinator had contacted my
doctor 3 weeks ago.
It never was sent because I had to sign a consent for release of the tissue,
but ooops, no one bothered to tell ME that.  Back I go today to UCSF for the
second time this week to sign a consent for pathology.

You dont need to be a squeaky wheel.
You need to be an industrial fire alarm!
And paranoid & mistrustful.
Assume that you will have to not only be the patient, but the doctor, nurse,
appointment staff, insurance liaison, record/scan keeper.

Bless this mess.
Bless my stress.

Sharon in SF

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