Waiting long even with a scheduled appointment?

Yes, I had long waits, too, but not every time. The cancer center that I went to had just opened a new facility the month before. It had gone from a little dingy place to a state-of-the-art center that was in a smaller suburb of a major metro health conscious city. It definitely had growing pains. I could see that even the extra steps it took for the chemo nurses to do their job had increased dramatically.

There are all kinds of reasons for a wait-blood draws, nurse schedules, doctor schedules, patient schedules/problems, misplaced charts, mixing of drugs and a myriad of other problems that arise with dealing with very ill patients.

I too was frustrated and learned to question and receive, not demand, the atttention I needed.

Hope you have someone to go with you--my center was awesome in the respect that it had some beautiful views of a valley where the sun could come shine in if you wanted to be in those chemo chairs. It also had portable DVD players, books to read, snacks to be had if you had a long wait (for both patient and caretaker).

Let your voice be heard if you need it to be. Or take someone that can help in that respect if you're not able.

Take care of yourself.
Becky