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@aprils1957 So you are now with Dr. Pommier? I'm a bit confused. Is Dr. Pregna an oncologist at OSHU?I am with United Healthcare and am able to see Pommier, but because Oregon Clinic no longer takes that insurance, I lost my pulmonary specialist. As a nurse, do you think healthcare has gone downhill because of Covid? I know many seasoned nurses have quit and are being replaced with nurses not well trained. My nurses in the hospital were fresh out of school and already on the cardiac/pulmonary surg ward. I saw quit a few HIPAA law violations while I was there, as well as in Providence ER. Gabapentin was tried on me, but I could not tolerate side effects either. Wondering, are you on Octreotide?

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@nannybb Just had a liver debulking with him and was discharged yesterday. Dr Pegna is a top rated oncologist who specializes in Nets. I am lucky to have him in my own town. I changed to Humana insurance from Providence so I could see him.
As a nurse I think healthcare has gone downhill because of many factors, ----money is the top one... ---We do not need insurance companies to dictate where our monies (collected from us through the years) are being spent or to tell us they will decide who we can see and whether or not we are "covered". I do not believe covid had much to do with this it has been a " slow growing tumor "in our system for a while now. Somewhere along the way we lost control of our voices and gave it over to people trying to find any reason to deny us our benefits.. Thats just my two cents on the political money side of things. I am not on any treatment now I will have follow up in a couple weeks so we can move forward.