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patient advocacy ftw
May. 15th, 2018 09:53 amI recently moved, and so I've been jumping through all the hoops of finding a new doctor, etc. (I've also accomplished a basic lock installation and re-hung some bifold doors -- go me!)
I really like my new primary care physician - she's actually a nurse practitioner, and was wearing a t-shirt under her lab coat that had the superman shield and "NP" in it. But visiting her meant that I wound up with referrals for a bunch of specialists that I was overdue for visiting, including getting a mammogram.
She didn't know of any that did seated mammograms for people who weren't in wheelchairs, but said that if the one she referred me to couldn't do it, and I could find someone who could, I should let her know so it could be in their records for future referrals. (Yay!) ( Read more... )
So I started searching around and calling until I found one that said, "Of course!" They also, incidentally, do micro-dose mammograms, so there's less radiation exposure. So, yay! One more moving-related dread dealt with.
I really like my new primary care physician - she's actually a nurse practitioner, and was wearing a t-shirt under her lab coat that had the superman shield and "NP" in it. But visiting her meant that I wound up with referrals for a bunch of specialists that I was overdue for visiting, including getting a mammogram.
She didn't know of any that did seated mammograms for people who weren't in wheelchairs, but said that if the one she referred me to couldn't do it, and I could find someone who could, I should let her know so it could be in their records for future referrals. (Yay!) ( Read more... )
So I started searching around and calling until I found one that said, "Of course!" They also, incidentally, do micro-dose mammograms, so there's less radiation exposure. So, yay! One more moving-related dread dealt with.
