Re: To Gene
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  • Subject: Re: To Gene
  • From: B* <b*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:42:39 +0000 (UTC)
I guess I was fortunate. My oncologist is part of a clinic that runs
pretty much on time. Only time I have had to wait was once when a
patient had a severe reaction to a chemo treatment. Also, I routinely
saw my doctor and he took time, made sure I understood all. Wish you
lived here and I would recommend him.


B 
ETN Zone 7 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@netsurfusa.net> 
To: gardenchat@hort.net 
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 10:08:08 AM 
Subject: RE: [CHAT] To Gene 

Judy 
When I first before I began my appointments with oncologists, 
radiologist, etc. my sister told me to forget I ever heard the word 
schedule. Just go and plan on spending the day at someone else's direction 
and discretion. I do not think any appointment we ever had happened on time 
or lasted as planned. Mostly it was waiting for someone to come into a room 
where we had been placed. 
Anyway.... we do keep our notebook of past history and meds so we 
can answer the same questions over and over. I take index cards with 
questions to ask at my next appointment. 
We try to reward ourselves after appointments with late breakfast or 
lunch before returning home. All of our appointments are 45 minutes to full 
hours' drive each way from home. 
Most of this is a disruption to normal life and although necessary, 
it is resented. 

Gene E. Bush 
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC 
www.munchkinnursery.com 
Garden Writer - Photographer - Lecturer 




-----Original Message----- 
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf 
Of Judy Browning 
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 9:02 AM 
To: gardenchat@hort.net 
Subject: Re: [CHAT] To Gene 

Too true. And from this side, it's a matter of balancing the teaching with 
all the other tasks. Not to mention remembering if I already went over ... 
with you. Some folks don't know what questions to ask & some are offended if 

I give them basic information. Can't tell by looking who's remembering & 
who's too stunned to take anything in. 
Keep getting better. Take something to do with your hands in the waiting 
room. I knit or crochet or take the latest book. I'm guessing you're already 

keeping a note book of what happened when, medically? Write down questions 
as you think of them & pull out the list at the appointments. In general, 
nurses are more geared to teaching than the physicians. 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@netsurfusa.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net> 
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 4:37 AM 
Subject: RE: [CHAT] To Gene 


> Hello Judy 
> It is the usual.... large collection of a specialty... this case 
> urologists... they have a form and a handout for every step... just tick 
> the 
> boxes. No one really talks to you any more.. they don't have the time, I 
> suppose. What information I get is from asking the nurses as they work 
> with 
> me. But... you have to know what questions to ask and when to ask them. 
> Everything is a process.... 
> 
> Gene E. Bush 
> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC 
> www.munchkinnursery.com 
> Garden Writer - Photographer - Lecturer 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> Behalf 
> Of Judy Browning 
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] To Gene 
> 
> Working in health care can make for nonchalance about someone else's pain. 

> I 
> 
> hope he was trying to reassure you that your usual activites aren't 
> harmful 
> now. 
> I work in a post surgery unit & I see a lot of folks who are afraid to 
> move 
> at all after any procedure. 
> 
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