FINALLY

I am amazed. My good friend, who graduated from U of R, who is a doctor and who helped me so much when I first found out I had cancer, called the clinic where I am trying to get an appointment. He spoke with someone about the problems I am having getting an appointment and getting records from one place to another. As he says, "I tried to grease the wheels a little." The clinic would accept the information from Illinois, and he provided the contact info for them. So he said if I don't hear by Thursday, to call them.



I called the clinic today to follow through with the HIPA request, and while I was giving them the information about the need for a letter on their letterhead requesting the records be faxed to them, the person said, "Oh, I see you already have an appointment set up."



"I do?" I gasped.



"Yes," she replied.



"When is it for?" I asked.



"Let's see. Looks like September 11." she replied.



"Really?" I thanked my lucky stars she had inadvertently mentioned it. I wondered when I would have found out. A million questions followed. What time? With whom? Where is that located? How do I get there?



She patiently answered my questions, then said, "They will mail you a packet of information that tells you all you need to know including maps and everything."



Wow! I am delighted. AND I marked it in my calendar before I put other meetings and sessions there and end up with a conflict. Seeing how its less than 2 weeks from now, I don't want to miss it.



She ended our conversation with, "Of course, if your information isn't here yet, the doctor won't see you."



Gulp. I vow to contact both clinics next week and verify that stuff has been sent, then call the clinic here to verify that they have it in hand. Yikes!