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TexLaProgressive

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3. Our medical records were supposed to be easily transmitted

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 05:10 PM

Apr 23

I underwent chemotherapy locally but the surgery was to be done at a sister hospital in the Texas Medical Center. The doctors in Houston would want the text and imaging results of scans. Text okay, but I had to mail CDs of the imaging. They sent the text by..............

FAX☹️🤷‍♂️

Mind you both hospitals are in the same system, and yet cannot communicate.

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Just in a ranting mood [View all] TexLaProgressive Apr 23 OP

While we are ranting Jilly_in_VA Apr 23 #1

Our medical records were supposed to be easily transmitted TexLaProgressive Apr 23 #3

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I spent an hour and 20 minutes holding on a call to Walgreen's yesterday. Totally Tunsie Apr 23 #4

a few weeks ago I posted about talking to a bot Phentex Apr 24 #6