Description: BOO! I saw you smile!
Sometime back, one of my “mentors” told me to keep in mind that when talking to career management, only one person was interested in my career. And that was me. I have concluded that it is the same with medical care. Don’t get me wrong. I am delighted with the medical care provided to me, but it is up to me to make sure I get what I need.
The chief of gastroenterology at Walter Reed examined me and decided I was too healthy to receive a colonoscopy. I may be one of the few people you will ever know who fought to get a colonoscopy. I won, if you can call that winning.
When one of my young friends had a massive heart attack on the 8th fairway at Fort Belvoir, I decided to get my heart checked out. I figured out I needed a nuclear stress test. Again, another stone wall. My primary care physician concluded that there was no medical justification to give me the test. I am convinced that the Fort Belvoir Hospital gives a prize to the Doc who saves them the most money and I believe my Doc is in the running. Well, I finally found a friendly cardiologist who let me walk on