Got a voicemail from on oncologist

[Daniel]

I received a voicemail from an oncologist's office
saying my gastroenterologist had referred me and asking me to make an appointment.

I listened to this message after business hours so I don't know anything else

[ShiroKuro]

That’s really frustrating, not knowing what other info there is.

[Steve Miller]

That sounds kinda scammy

I wouldn’t do anything without talking to my gastroenterologist first.

[Mik]

Yes. Did you have any kind of testing recently? Seems you would have gotten those results before they contacted the onco. Do you have MyChart?

[Big_Al]

It could simply be a wrong number. If your voicemail greeting doesn't identify you, they may have thought they were leaving a message for someone else.

I have a neighbor whose greeting simply says, "You have reached the number which you have dialed. If you believe this is the number you were trying to reach, you may leave a message after the tone."

Big Al

[kluurs]

Way back, I was got tested to see if I might have leukemia. I got a message on my answering machine at 4:56 on Friday with the message being to contact the doctors off "as soon as possible." I joked with my spouse - "that's what they always say when it's good news." A friend of mine was awaiting biopsy results - the doctor asked a nurse to get a chair for my friend while she waited for the doctor in the exam room - and a few moments later the nurse came back and put a box of Kleenex next to my friend - which took her to DEFCON 1 level of anxiety - and it was ultimately good news. Point is - don't get ahead of your skis.

[Daniel]

Thanks, everyone. I decided to call the gasterentorogist's office.

So it turns out it's an actual referral but not for cancer. It's for:

Ulcerative colitis https://g.co/kgs/2hdAKFx

My insurance wouldn't pay for the medication prescribed for this.

So as an alternative the gasterentorogist uses the cancer center to give three infusions and then I'll have to give myself eight injections.

Good news.

[Steve Miller]

My Dad had that. He didn’t have much trouble with it as long as he watched what he ate.

[wtg]

@Daniel Good to hear.

@Steve-Miller is on the money....you can really do a lot to help UC by really keeping an eye on how various foods affect you. Even keeping a food diary for a while as you figure out what agrees/doesn't agree with you.

[Mik]

Not necessarily good news, but a whole lot better than the alternative!