Michael Cash wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:24:21 +0900, tm <tm@tmoero.invalid> brought
> down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> 
> 
>>Michael Cash wrote:
>>
>>> Michael Cash inscribed:
>>
>>>>This is from an e-mail from my mother. Kim is my sister.
>>>>
>>>>"Kim has been having a lot of headaches and eyes bothering her.  She
>>>>got her some glasses this month; went to another doctor and he got MRI
>>>>and bloodwork.  Should have recieved update on that in three
>>>>days...she called four times in a week to see if anything had been
>>>>confirmed...NO.....we will call you!!!!On the 12 day after the MRI,
>>>>the nurse called Kim and told her she had a brain tumor.  Kim asked to
>>>>speak to the doctor and the replay was. "He is too busy to talk to
>>>>you."  When can I talk to him?   When is your next appointment?   On
>>>>the 20th!  Well, you can talk to him then."
>>>
>>>
>>>Just for the sake of clarity.....
>>>
>>>My point in posting was to provide an example of how shitty the
>>>world's greatest medical care can be. I appreciate the expressions of
>>>concern and sympathy, but everyone should feel free to omit them,
>>>please.
>>
>>I thought the world's greatest medical care was available in Cuba. 
>>What's her HMO?
> 
> 
> Damned if I know. Probably the less I know about that little detail
> the better off all concerned will be. Fortunately, my parents brought
> her back home and took her to a reputable physician for a second
> opinion.
> 
Which is really one of the great things about the US system. In Japan 
your family would have been lucky to know anything, much less the patient.

Best to her.

John W.