@chrissiebee The process you describe with Medicare Advantage and which doctor you can see is so frustrating. And then to lose (misplace?) your records only to have your appointment cancelled and rescheduled 3 times! And I thought that happened only in the little town that I live in where the hospital is now owned by a private equity firm and the hospital has done so much outsourcing that it’s become a disorganized mess. That’s very much unlike the excellent hospital it was more than 10 years ago when I had surgery there. I suppose some of this was going on before the pandemic began in 2020 but now it seems to me it’s become an excuse in so many instances.

It’s very sad you two friends you were close enough with to ask to execute your estate are no longer alive.

I’ve had endometrial cancer and then a recurrence. Thank you for the reminder to count each day as another day in my life and as a blessing. Will you please let me know when you do see the new GI doctor and if that person is helpful to you?