Whilst I would ike to think that getting hold of them were easy, or that I would even have them if I were not chasing them, I can say that it was a pain in the arse and the results could still be lost for all my doctors know.
Rather than go too much into detail I have just basically transcribed the phonecalls, it all started with a voicemail telling me I am ‘normal’…
Conversation 1: The Doctors.
‘Hello, you left a voicemail about my results being normal, I would just like to double check that’
‘No problem, yes the result is normal’
‘Normal for what, a person who has or has not had a vasectomy?’
‘It is just normal’
‘So is does that mean my vasectomy was a success?’
‘No it means you blood test is normal’
‘What blood test?’
‘The one in july 2007′
‘But I am waiting for, and called you on friday for, vasectomy results’
‘We cannot give you results over the phone’
‘You just gave me blood test results’
‘Yes, be are not allowed to give you results over the phone’
‘???’
‘you will need to speak directly to the doctor, call tomorrow morning’
‘Are the results actually availiable?’
‘We cant tell you the results’
‘Ok, I dont want to know the results, but if I call tomorrow do you have results that the doctor can give me?’
‘No’
‘So you don’t actually have the results you are not allowed to give me?’
‘No’
‘Ok, Thankyou for your extremely helpful assistance!’
Conversation 2: The Surgeon.
‘Hello, I’m calling for results’
‘Are you a patient here?’
‘No I was referred there for the surgery only’
‘We are not allowed to talk to you if your not our patient’
‘Do you have any results for me?’
‘…’
‘Hello?’
‘…’
Conversation 3: The Andrology Department.
‘Hello, I am after my results’
‘Certainly sir, how long ago was the sample taken?’
‘Over 2 weeks ago, it was my second sample’
‘Have you spoken to your Doctor?’
‘No, hey have not got the results and are not that helpful, the surgeons office cannot give them to me either hence calling you directly.’
‘No problem sir, Unfortunatly we are not allowed to give you results over the phone.’
‘oh, ok, can I come in and get them then?’
‘Well as you are aware you will need to have another sample taken if the first results were not successful, whilst I cannot give you results I can tell you that we will not be needing to see you again.’
‘Excellent, so I take it I am now officially firing blanks.’
‘Yes that would one way of putting it’
So after all that the vasectomy was a success.
Well done if you have read this far, I can assure you it was even more tedious actually trying to get the results. Although I am hopeful that my own doctors will call in about 12 months time to inform me of it’s success!
Tags: Doctors, phonecalls, Results, success, tests, Vasectomy
June 20, 2008 at 7:01 pm |
Congratulations! Odd that they gave you so much trouble over there, here in New York I just identified myself over the phone and the urologist’s secretary gave me the lab results.
Also they insist on TWO zero results, a month apart, before they give you the all-clear, to eliminate the possibility of early failure. I’d recommend that to you too if you want to be absolutely safe, which is kind of the whole point of the procedure.
June 20, 2008 at 7:06 pm |
This one was my second test, so thankfully I can rest assured that my swimmers ain’t swimming. I was quite surprised myself, I was expecting something like your experience but alas with both the results for first and seond tests currently being lost in the system it took a little more effort to chase them myself. I am still wondering how long it will take to be ‘officially’ notified by my doctor.