HI IM RUTHIE, I HAVE CANCER THEY SAID TWO DAYS AGO ON THE PHONE. I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY BECAUSE IT ISN'T AS BAD AS MOST CANCERS, THEY SAID. BUT THE WORD "CANCER" NO MATTER HOW BAD IS SOMETHING I THINK I SHOULD WORRY ABOUT.
I HAVE WHAT YOU DON'T SEE LISTED HERE, SKIN CANCER! I WAS TOLD IT ISN'T AS BAD AS MOST. SHOULD I SAY THANK YOU? OR WHAT? I HAVE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA. SO WHAT NOW? THEY SAID A DOCTOR WILL CALL ME? WHEN MAYBE IN A WEEK? I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY DIDN'T CHECK MORE OF MY BODY? I CAN'T BELEIVE I GOT THE 3 MIN. WORTH OF A VIST FOR A BIOPSY.
THAT IS ALL I KNOW. I BEEN SURFING AROUND THE NET TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS. AND NOW HAVE A GOOD IDEA.
THE FIRST THING WHEN THEY CALL AND TOLD ME I HAD THIS THING....WAS SHE COULDN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS....BUT KEPT SAYING DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT SHE REALLY COULDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING, I HAVE TO WAIT. YES THE WAITING GAME TOO! BUT WILL THIS DOCTOR I DON'T KNOW REALLY CALL? THAT IS WHAT I AM THINKING NOW.
THE NEXT DAY I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE WHAT THE CANCER WAS CALLED? I WENT AND CALL THEM BACK. THEN I REALLY FOUND OUT WHO THEY WERE BECAUSE THEY KEPT SAYING THEIR TOO BUSY TO LOOK UP MY FILE. ONLY ONE PERSON CAN DO THAT, TRANSFERING ME TO VOICE MAIL THEY ARE BUSY. ETC. ALL I WANTED TO KNOW WAS WHAT IT WAS CALLED AGAIN? IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? THEN AFTER HOURS OF WAITING I CALLED ONCE AGAIN AND SAID, "IF YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT THE NAME IS I WILL COME UP TO YOUR OFFICE AND CAMP THERE UNTIL YOU TELL ME. THEY AFTER LONG HOLDS CAME BACK TWICE THEN TOLD ME THE NAME OF THE CANCER. I MADE THEM STAY ON LINE AND SPELL IT OUT TOO!
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I ASK THE DOCTORS NAME THEY WANT ME TO SEE ABOUT SURGERY. THEY GAVE ME HIS NAME, THEN I ASK FOR HIS PHONE NUMBER. THE GIRL ON THE PHONE SAID, YOU CAN'T CALL THE DOCTOR, WHY? BECAUSE HE IS REALLY IN OUR OFFICE AND YOU CAN'T CALL! HE IS ONE OUR DOCTORS. THAT IS SUPPOSE TO MAKE ME HAPPY?
WELL GUESS BY NOW I AM THINKING DO I REALLY WANT TO TRUST THESE PEOPLE? SO THAT IS WHY I AM WRITING THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO? WHERE TO FIND A DOCTOR THAT I CAN TALK TOO.
OF COURSE THE PEOPLE WHERE I WORK THINK THAT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE SHOULD OF MADE ME COME IN & THEN TOLD ME THAT I HAD THIS CANCER. INOTHER WORDS TELL THIS TO MY FACE INSTEAD OF BEING TOLD OVER THE PHONE. MAYBE I WOULD OF HAD A BETTER IDEA WHAT IT WAS I HAD? I DOI AGREE WITH MY FRIENDS AT WORK.
SO HERE I AM WRITING TO PEOPLE HERE I DON'T KNOW......AND HOPING THAT SOMEONE WILL READ THIS .....AND JUST MAYBE SOMEONE WILL JUST CHAT MAYBE?
THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS EVERYONE