On the List!

Finally, finally, finally, I am on the transplant list! As of June 16, I am on the national kidney transplant list.

I was told on April 29 and a few other times after that, that the only thing UCLA had to confirm was that I have health insurance. It took them 48 days to do that! Unbelievable. This just goes to show, once again, how the so-called health care professionals are just doing a job, not thinking about the emotional strain that they are putting on patients. They could care less if it took 48 months to verify that I have insurance. It also points out again how a passive patient, one who just waited for other people to act, would still be waiting for an intial appointment with UCLA. If I weren't as assertive, if I didn't make all the phone calls I have to get people moving, to get people to do their jobs, I would never have gotten on the list. Whether you're on the list perhaps has more to do with chutzpah than with your overall health.