Vent time: I just spent nearly an hour doing research and on-the-phone with a friend who has an adrenal tumor of uncertain significance (most "incidentalomas" of the adrenal glands turn out to be benign); she's had a number of tests but her care has not been coordinated AT ALL and no one has explained ANYTHING of substance to her. In addition, one test was definitely abnormal, but instead of repeating it to check for accuracy they did a *different* test, telling her it was the 'gold standard.' Well it's NOT!!! It's considered "useful in following" one particular kind of adrenal secretory tumor, and it might someday become the gold standard, but *right now* the test that came back definitely abnormal (I saw the results) IS the standard-of-care.
<lip curled> Disgraceful! That a patient can have talked with 2 docs, a nurse and a lab tech, and still not have been properly informed about her tests... Debbi who strongly advises anyone with medical problems to educate themselves, and not to hesitate to be a seriously squeaky wheel >:( __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
