Koolau
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Don’t feel you have to accept appointments they offer. Push your doctor to make phone calls to get you in for tests and specialist appointments as soon as possible. DW is still here today because our doctor called to get her scans done and have her seen by specialists urgently. She had ovarian and uterine cancer 19 years ago.
In most situations, doctors have a lot of pull to get you the care you need when you need it. My PCP wanted me to get a colonoscopy due to "symptoms." The earliest was going to be in November. He pulled strings and made phone calls and got me in in two weeks. (Only polyps, but it could have been critical for me.)
I didn't have to push my doctor very hard as he was MY advocate. Not all doctors (and not in all health care systems) are this responsive. In that situation YOU have to be the advocate. Blessings.