Clark met with a doctor today about radiation therapy (basically using high-dose x-rays or other high-energy rays to kill cancer cells). We know he will have therapy anywhere from 4-6 weeks. Each treatment will last about 10 minutes and will feel like a moderate sunburn. His first walk through without actual treatment is October 28th. Fine, fair enough. We want Clark to be healthy again.
However, the business person in me wonders why it takes from 9/11 (date of Clark's last chemo treatment) to now to even set up a walk through of the radiation treatment. It seems that when he had his last chemo, the authorization and the first appointment should have been arranged for radiation. I guess when you have doctors, nurses, administrators, health care plans, patients and vendors it can be a snail's pace process. I wonder how many people get lost in this snail trail. Streamlining in today's modern age could speed things up making the process more effective and efficient for all parties involved.
It will be almost 7 weeks from his last chemo to the walk through of radiation . To me, that seems a long time. It fact, excessively long when you add in the fact that he still does not have an actual date for the radiation.
Perhaps he needs to wait that long so he is healthy enough to deal with the radiation... just a thought. On the flip side of that coin, I have often thought in my struggle with MF that certain organizations are just waiting to see if you'll kick the bucket and then they won't have to pay...
ReplyDeleteEither way, both of you stay strong!!!