The patient scheduler asked us to get my bone marrow slides from the regional hospital and bring them to Roswell Park. Apparently it would take 3 weeks to get them through the usual channels. We drove there that afternoon and went down into the basement of the regional hospital to find the lab and, curiously, I was asked to sign for them but no-one asked to see my I.D. They were packaged in a small styrofoam cooler that was sealed inside plastic.
Getting the digital copies of my chest x-ray and ultrasound was even easier. We dropped in to our small local hospital and asked for the copies, and after they figured out how to do it, they were just handed over. No-one asked me for I.D. or even to sign for them. We drove straight over the border to get them to Roswell Park that same afternoon.
Both my family doctor and my oncologist were asked for copies of my file and relevant blood work by phone, to be faxed to Roswell Park as well.
Our health insurance company has a special sub-group for cancer treatment and we were able to get the paperwork sorted out for that with just a phone call, so that all my co-payments for tests and treatments at Roswell Park would be waived. This contract can be renewed each year by phone.
My appointment for a second opinion was for Wednesday October 8 in the afternoon with Dr R.
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