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Want to talk about Multiple Myeloma: Anyone else?
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We are going to see Carmen tonight! Was actually in the 2020 schedule and we are finally able to go. Was so nice here for two days and now this morning snow!!!
You were very helpful in advising me as think they were likely to stay in their schedule. The one test they seem to do here and is posted pretty quickly but the rest of the myeloma tests seem to take a few days. I was assured that all will be shared promptly with Mayo. Just hope I can get the new round by next Friday. It should be doable. It does seem to be working.
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@tml I hope you enjoy the opera tonight! We also had freezing temps this morning.
Yes, we have to take on being our advocates in health. If you know there is a timeline, you have to step up and politely force the issue. Today, I waited for my dr's scheduler to call me with time for the next appt on 4/28. Because we are 2 hrs away, I schedule multiple appts with different drs on same day. They have always been real good about it all. I had 3 already set for 4/28, so called the oncology office to speak to the young man. Got that set, then set ones for May and June, also! He told me the dr's vacation schedule, so we will work around that. Being an involved patient is important, and being nice while we do it is icing on the cake!
Yep, it takes extra time to get some of the myeloma results in, but the critical ones to determine your next round should be out fairly fast. The pharmacy, from my experience, ships overnight by Fed Ex, so they could ship out as late as Wed next week for you to start on Fri.
Ginger