Doesn't a

[KC]

month sound like too long to wait to have a biopsy done ? It has already been a month since the Dr's appt and
the waiting just to find out when / if they are going to do it is driving me crazy !

[elleng]

1. Yes. Other options/docs?

[KC]

2. That's

what I was thinking. I'm going to call tomorrow and if he can't tell me something, I'm going to see
about finding another Dr.
It seems to me if they are thinking it might be malignant, they would want to biopsy it asap not wait a month.

[mopinko]

3. failure to notify you is almost always a negative result.

but call.

[KC]

4. I haven't

had the biopsy yet. I was just referring to waiting for a month to have one scheduled by the Dr's office.

[mopinko]

5. yeah, that's bad.

go elsewhere if you can.

[mopinko]

6. whassup?

get this worked out?

[KC]

7. Finally

got in to see the other Dr and I am scheduled for another MRI of the kidney in the morning. They will
decide if I'm a candidate for a procedure (rather than having surgery to remove the kidney) and if
so they will do the biopsy at the same time. If I'm not eligible, then I guess I will have
to have the surgery.

[mopinko]

8. well, let us know.

try not to go crazy in the meantime.

[KC]

9. Thanks

I'm trying to keep it together

[Warpy]

10. If they suspect malignancy, it sure as hell is.

However, I've been hearing more and more stories about insurance company regulations stipulating certain waiting periods before biopsies and repeat scans and the like.

It's just more hoping the patient dies before expensive treatment can be scheduled and charged to the holy corporation.

Check with your doctor. This might be something you'll want to pay for out of pocket and then fight the damned insurance company over later.

[KC]

11. That's

exactly what I was thinking this morning, hoping the patient dies before....

I did find out I wasn't a candidate for that particular procedure and now I am waiting for
another Dr in the practice to look at the scans to see if it can be done laparoscopically, which is what
I am hoping.