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----------------------------------------------------------- From: MinnieChat Message 37 in Discussion Well, you are talking to the lady whose pcp DROPPED her while I was at the airport, waiting to board the airplane home. I had a PICC line and had to get home health care set up over New Year's weekend. The excuse was the pcp didn't want to be the middle man. The bad part was since I had a PICC line, I needed saline flushes to flush the line 2x per day (my veins had collapsed, so they were taking blood draws from my PICC). Fortunately, my husband called his pcp, and his pcp worked me in the day of New Years eve. He sent me to the E.R. where they flushed my line and gave me extras. He set up home-health care starting the day after New Years. My husband's PCP got on board really quick and stepped in to do the coordination of all my doctors appointments and tests. Believe me... I boo hooed too. So, even with me, the best of plans went belly up when it came down to the moment of need. What you need to do before you leave the hospital is to have written instructions for the "in case something happens", with the contact information for the endo, hospital, and any basic labs you will need run at home. The endo will probabaly have your pcp fax him results. Go ahead a get a post operative appointment set (at home) with an ENT, and with your PCP. See if you PCP can get you in faster with a hospital or independent endo in your area. You'd be amazed how quick a schedule can change when the call is from a physician. Minnie ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/PituitaryChat/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
