tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post7758998524678106409..comments2023-12-23T00:50:44.532-08:00Comments on Booby and the Beast: Around the Web: Sore & Bruised EditionBooby and the Beasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01130302818680322634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post-76177393710105681212015-07-12T00:11:01.803-07:002015-07-12T00:11:01.803-07:00I am the world's biggest klutz. I feel you on ...I am the world's biggest klutz. I feel you on the tripping. I hope your ouchies heal and your ego also heals. Darn Good Lemonadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05377884325412609321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238780007621149539.post-60728323476171934472015-07-11T16:30:56.110-07:002015-07-11T16:30:56.110-07:00I had one of the world's more incompetent nurs...I had one of the world's more incompetent nurse navigators, who kept telling me that my treatment would be different from what the doctors and breastcancer.org was saying. It made me nuts. I didn't think educating her was supposed to be part of my job as patient.<br />So, while I find that the medical-industrial complex overcomplicated, incompetent, and a nightmare, I have decided that I'll do the patient advocatecy for us.<br /> When my husband went into treatment for esophageal cancer (a year after I finished my treatment), they made his chemo appointments wrong, and told us to just show up and someone would take care of us. We did, and they were going to give him his chemo at 6PM (same time as his radiation). I insisted on seeing the onc, and patiently listened to his condescending explanation of why I shouldn't worry. Then I explained to him that this would be fine for any appointment EXCEPT the first one, which would fail to meet the university's definition of adequate treatment, and he looked at the nurse navigator, and said, she's right. And I was.<br />So, patient advocators and navigators aren't worth much eitherSueAhrenholdnoreply@blogger.com