[AlaskaAngel]

You were savvy enough to question what you saw, and that is the best indicator that you are ahead of the game.

I would bet you already realize this... but I think in everyone's best interests I would encourage you to be sure and let them know more than once in some way that reading the chart helped communication more than it hurt. Many medical facilities are still in the dark ages about that, with providers reluctant to have patients end up either confused or terrified by what they see and don't understand. We are at a time when the development of patient online access to the results of their labs, etc. is happening, and it would be a shame if the nursing staff were directed to hide the charts from patients. If patients are not sure they want to know, they don't have to look.

I too had a general medical oncologist for a number of years, and the amount of info they have to handle for patients with so many different cancers is truly immense.

A.A.