Robin says “I’m getting chemo"

What a day! After we checked in to Dr. "Bruce"’s office we met a nurse and asked if Robin’s getting chemo today. The nurse said it wasn’t likely, usually it takes time to get arrangements made so it doesn’t start right away.

Then we met the Oncologist Dr. "Bruce". He said in Robin’s case he would admit her right now and start chemo today, however he needed insurance authorization (we didn’t even have authorization to see him, we just paid him out-of-pocket). Well, more calls, more meetings with folks to try to get a letter off to Robin’s primary care provider. Then we got the right people involved! At 4:00pm we got a call from home stating that the primary care provider still hadn’t received the letter to start the request. Then whammo, we get a call from our New York City doctors. The letter was taking too long so they just skipped the primary care provider and just called the insurance company themselves. They had gotten authorization and everyone’s ready to go. We like taking shortcuts - we've been taking them all along the way!

On Tuesday (11 days after diagnosis) Robin will be admitted to Beth Israel and will begin chemo – she’s so excited! :)