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Sorry it's a bit long. I just need to vent :(

I was going to have surgery on Thursday and I got my blood test with some weird readings. My new pcp opens up with "I'm going to ruin your day" uh grrrr. Then proceeds to tell me that my blood test could mean CANCER and he won't approve me. My abnormal tests can be a lot of things (infections , even stress) from what I've researched.

After dropping the cancer bomb Tuesday he told me to call him to remind him to send my surgeon the test and to read it.

So I called when he told me and the receptionists shut me down and told me "well, we can't help you, the doctor is busy" So my husband calls and they supposedly agreed to leave the doctor a message message to fax my gastric surgeon. It's almost 24 hours after that and nothing .

I've been stressing out about cancer and leaving my family. All because this guy just couldn't say "hey we are going to re test you " sigh In a way it's good to find out be what's going on with me but the delivery was horrible. :( :*(

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Sorry it's a bit long. I just need to vent [emoji20]
I was going to have surgery on Thursday and I got my blood test with some weird readings. My new pcp opens up with "I'm going to ruin your day" uh grrrr. Then proceeds to tell me that my blood test could mean CANCER and he won't approve me. My abnormal tests can be a lot of things (infections , even stress) from what I've researched.
After dropping the cancer bomb Tuesday he told me to call him to remind him to send my surgeon the test and to read it.
So I called when he told me and the receptionists shut me down and told me "well, we can't help you, the doctor is busy" So my husband calls and they supposedly agreed to leave the doctor a message message to fax my gastric surgeon. It's almost 24 hours after that and nothing .
I've been stressing out about cancer and leaving my family. All because this guy just couldn't say "hey we are going to re test you " sigh In a way it's good to find out be what's going on with me but the delivery was horrible. [emoji20] :*(


I’m so sorry that you are dealing with this. How stressful. [emoji25]. Have you thought about changing pcps (again) I don’t what kind of doctor says I’m going to ruin your day, drop a bomb on you and then leave you hanging. It’s your right to get a second opinion. I hope everything turns out ok 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼


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What a complete douchebag! Not only is that rude but I'm sure there some unwritten law against this somewhere. I would change my tone with your pcps office and report him to his board! I'm so sorry you're going through this and I hope you find a good replacement soon!

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What tests are we talking about?

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25 minutes ago, canuckmd said:

What tests are we talking about?

My CBC tests the last couple tests have been out of wack. He jumped to cancer/leukemia which I didn't appreciate.

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2 hours ago, njgal said:

What a complete douchebag! Not only is that rude but I'm sure there some unwritten law against this somewhere. I would change my tone with your pcps office and report him to his board! I'm so sorry you're going through this and I hope you find a good replacement soon!

Thanks for Reading my vent. Lol. I was not impressed at all. My surgeons office finally got a hold of him today.

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2 hours ago, SIPS in Seattle said:


I’m so sorry that you are dealing with this. How stressful. . Have you thought about changing pcps (again) I don’t what kind of doctor says I’m going to ruin your day, drop a bomb on you and then leave you hanging. It’s your right to get a second opinion. I hope everything turns out ok 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

Yeah, I was in complete shock. He replaced my old doctor who left. I was going to give Him a chance. Lol. Thank you :)

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i'm sorry to hear it was not handled delicately

Do you know specifically how abnormal the tests were?

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6 minutes ago, canuckmd said:

i'm sorry to hear it was not handled delicately

Do you know specifically how abnormal the tests were?

Thank you. I just have my test results from 10 days before this last one. The newest one he hasn't released to me at all yet. Also, he didn't tell me how far they were off as well. He just got me a referral to a hematologist.

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hmmm. I'm sorry you're dealing with such a stressful situation, especially w/out the specifics in hand.

Certainly if your bloods are super deranged its a major priority to deal with that.

I expect if its something very serious you will get a call from hematology very very soon.

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4 minutes ago, canuckmd said:

hmmm. I'm sorry you're dealing with such a stressful situation, especially w/out the specifics in hand.

Certainly if your bloods are super deranged its a major priority to deal with that.

I expect if its something very serious you will get a call from hematology very very soon.

Thanks, if it was handled better I would have been a different situation for me for sure. Thanks for talking to me. I'm going to try and get this handled asap.

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