Agreed!

My low point came Monday night when I knew something was very wrong, and my doctor wanted me to see a pulmonologist within the next week (she was still waiting on the results of the blood tests which would eventually give indicators of PE, but in the meantime, the chest X ray had shown something "strange" in my lung she wanted checked out.) Well, the scheduling troll at the pulmonologists said the first appointment I could get was July 13. I told her I was having chest pain and coughing up blood and she said, well, the other doctor can't see you til July 20, so which day do you want?

So I took the July 13 date, hung up the phone and cried. But then I talked to some friends who had had serious medical issues who said that was B.S. and scheduling trolls are there to make your life miserable and you have to push on your primary to get you in sooner, etc. Which I was in the process of doing when my primary got the blood work back and ordered me in for the CT scan.

Ask questions. Push. Get second opinions. You only get one shot at this.