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Clare's avatar

i had a lump in my boob when i was 25 (was a strangely rigid cyst i still have that hurts me every day) and they said i was going to have to wait 3 months to get an ultrasound after waiting 2 weeks to see my ob. i said to this woman from central scheduling, “if your daughter were 25 and found a lump in her boob, is that what you would say to her” and she said “no” which led me to do this on 5 people i was transferred to until i got to a nurse who said “how did you get this number” before making up an appointment for me to make me hang up. i wasn’t even that worried about my boob i was just like, this is not going to be the way

this tactic was successful and i have since implemented it in other medical settings, including on my loved ones behalfs. it will not be the way

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Natalie Morrill's avatar

Oh man all this. I remember talking to a friend who was on a real intense variety of medications (meds for being quadriplegic + ADHD meds + anti-depressants) & somehow we got onto what he would do if he couldn't get them. At first it was all, "Well, I'd die." But eventually, really hating that answer, we got it turned into map-all-the-manufacturing-or-distribution-facilities and create-cross-country-drug-retrieval-plan. Maybe it's fantasy as coping mechanism, but I want to believe part of the post-apocalyptic landscape would be bands of people on quests for crucial medications (maybe leading near-sighted friend by the hand) (I am near-sighted friend).

Glad the doctors realized the power of the Notebook readership. We will shut u down

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