the elevator

After the MRI, it was time to meet with the surgeon. We needed to fine our way to the right elevator bank to get to the correct floor. Scattered throughout the hospital, there are location machines. When you type in your patient id number, your appoint schedule appears on the screen. You can ask it to show you directions to your next appointment. It really helped us get from place to place. We found our elevator and got on. On the elevator is a sign, which tells what each floor is for. There it was, on the wall of the elevator, different floors for different cancers. Even though each one of those floors is a blessing for so many people, I found it depressing. I kept thinking of all the people in the lobby. I found the button for the brain and spine center and pushed it.

The doors opened on the correct floor and we got off the elevator. We stood in line to check in and pay our copay. That process went quickly. Before meeting the surgeon, we were taken to our financial person. They needed to verify all the insurance information, and help get us set up on the my MD Anderson web site. We received an MD Anderson manual for new patients, which is filled with all kind of information and contact numbers. It was very professional and organized.