ER wait was at least 6 hours. I was admitted. The nursing staff for room T203d was amazing -…read moreParticularly Angela, Julie, and Grace. They have a team attitude regarding the patient that was priceless to me. My attending physician: Julian Marynczak was always on top of all the nurses notes, procedures, changes in med's - so grateful for his service to me as well. There was a Dr. on call (Dr. Scalia) that I kept trying to have him involve himself in a way that would make me feel he was more part of my team as well.. to no avail. For instance, talked with him twice and had to repeat myself on questions asked and answered the day before (I did point this out), he actually said out loud that he was following a standard (dude - if the data says skip past the standard and do more to look at all the data coming in - please feel free Doctor to do that), actually that last really summed up what I saw was a complete lack of attention to me as a patient - a direct opposite of what I experienced with Marynczak. Internal politics: I had a cat scan (twice) that pointed to a significant issue that was directly on point to the issue I was experiencing (not my first rodeo with this) and one ultrasound done by a young lady that insisted on concentrating on the wrong side (I pointed this out to her, to my nurses afterward, and to the doctors) - yet - her report trumped the 2 cat scans? Because she came up with a recurrent old issue (ovarian cyst), that I assured everyone - I've had more than 20 of those - stopped being a deal after the 3rd one and my diverticulitis with abcess should not have been overlooked for that thing. Again - wrong side of the body anyway. Another issue I did not appreciate being put in the role of bad guy was a roomie situation. New roomie had a husband that apparently was going to spend the night. This was during my 2nd night there. They show up, after visiting hours, with husband and huge cpap machine. I was feeling vulnerable already and asked the nurse was he spending the night - yes and she asked me wasn't I asked about it beforehand - no I was not. I told her, tell me any reason, because I'm trying to have grace, why I should be empathatic towards his staying - she had already wondered and asked the same of the charge nurse and she was not given any reason. Ok then No I'm not ok. To emphasize this, lol, my body then barely made it back to room to throw up. It was a bad night. Then he wakes up wife and said he has to go home because roomie doesn't want him there. Lovely. Then, all night that cpap machine was going off. I was exhausted. Next day, I kid you not, I told my family, via text, this roomie needed to film her life and present it to a telenovella producer because they might enjoy having a white family that writes their own scripts. All day they were speaker phone talking (I literally could not hear my own tv). Her daughter blackmailing her to buy her a new couch so she can take better care of her mama (my roomie), her other daughter tattling on her brother, her brother denying the tattling allegations and being called a liar by his mother. I'm telling you - I heard it all crystal clear. Btw, the "kids" were all over 30. So, I took a long shower. lol But let me end with the emphasis!!! that all those nurses, nurses aides, support staff, cleaning, dietary folks, and my PA made me feel they were absolutely there to be on my team. Thank you so much.

Whoever the female is working the desk in the cancer center today with long curly blonde hair and…read moreglasses should treat people with a little courtesy. She was rude to my wife and 8 week old child when my wife was there for blood work. You should be terminated and ashamed of yourself. Thats NOT how you treat people.