Call Me, I Have Bad News 4U

Entry 4
Aug 19 - Aug 25

Dr #1 Urologist returned from his month of holiday and had his office person phone us. "Could you be available to take a call from the doctor tomorrow afternoon?" 

Of course.

He didn't call on Wednesday as expected. Harry called his office the next morning. 

"Could you be available this afternoon for his call?" asked the receptionist.

Again, no call on Thursday as expected. Again, Harry called the doctor's office the next morning. 

"He's on a four day holiday. Could you come in on the 25th?" inquired the receptionist.

Surely the diagnosis can't be bad when your urologist displays such a lackadaisical attitude prior to the followup meeting ...---... Wrong. The appointment on the 25th started with Dr #1 Urologist walking into the examination room with a Manitoba Prostate Cancer Support folder in his hands. "Let's get right to it. All twelve cores in your biopsy tested positive for cancer."

Prostate Cancer Research Institute 

 

Luckily, we started our habit of taking notes at these appointments. This was the beginning of our information overload.  It was also the first occasion that it occurred to us that we needed a second opinion.