Over 16,540,981 people are on fubar.
What are you waiting for?
Did research on internet and found that my skin cancer can be treated with Cryosurgery which is a low risk procedure where they kill the rebel cells by freezing them with liguid nitrogen.
The bad news is that my primary doctor is not talking to me but only directed me to yet another doctor which was recomended by the general surgen who removed the tiny sample to testing. Someone who has a sepcialty related to the neck area - "nose and ear" doc. so he can give his input. And he recomended that I get a x-ray scan of the area involved.
No one as yet has directed me to a doctor that treats cancer patients.
My appointment with the neck doctor was yesterday but the old lady at their front desk refused to accept me because I was never issued a card from S S medicare, claiming that she cannot confirm that I will be coverd by it ( money more important then treating people ). Although two hospitals and 3 doctors were able to confirm my status via my SS number on their computer that office said they are not set up to do that type of confirmation. So now I got to call back the pirmary doctor to get re-directed.
Meanwhile the cancer cells could spread to other areas of the body while testing continues to delay seeing a doctor that treats cancer.
Other treatments such as curettage and micrographic surgery are possislbe treatments but primary doctor wants me to go get breefing on Chemotherapy and Radiation treatments. Under that more drawn out treatment I most hope that cell growth can be prevented such that rebel cells "ultimately" die. According to her nurse - being that I could not talk over all the possible choices with the primary doctor who is too busy to see me right away.
Frankly I am getting fed up with all this delay and want to get to the final doctor who acturally has knowledge on how to treat the problem.
Been to four doctors over the past two months and still no treatment for the actural medical problem - just testing - testing my heart, x rays of lungs - surgery to remove tiny sample for testing - plus I saw the primary doctor twice. Had to visit the other testers two or three times each.
President Obama has a lot of work ahead of him if they want to reform our healthcare system here in the USA.
