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Originally Posted by kn
My wife had to undergo an emergency gall bladder removal a couple weeks ago, followed by another surgery to insert a stent. Through that process, scans revealed a mass on her kidney. The emergency physician said it looked like cancer but we'll need follow up scans to be sure.
When discussing this with a surgeon on the ward, who was quite dismissive of our concerns, I said I'd go through work to get the MRI. He said that was unnecessary and "a lot of paperwork" and they'd get her in for an MRI "right away".
We got the letter today. Her MRI is scheduled for February, 2025! We were shocked and thought it must have been a typo. A call confirmed that no, 2025 is the next available appointment.
What the actual ****? How can there be such a backlog in diagnostic imaging? Is everyone working taking a coffee break after every patient?
If it is indeed cancer, I wonder how long it will be before treatment, 2026?
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If you have the means, look into Mayfair Diagnostics. I paid $750 to get an MRI on my knee after blowing it out during a hockey game when AHS was suggesting my MRI was going to make 6-9 months. Admittedly, that price was in 2010 so who knows what that has increased by.
It sucks ass to pay out of pocket and it feels like enabling the sh-tty decisions from these UCP idiots to make our healthcare worse, but don't f-ck around with cancer. If you can afford it, do it. She'll get an appointment in like three days.