Emergency

If you need emergency medical services for a life-threatening condition, please call 911.

Call the Gene Upshaw Memorial Tahoe Forest Cancer Center only after you have made arrangements to get to the Emergency Room.

Non-emergency calls can be made 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Please call our office at (530) 309-1656.

Notify us immediately if you exhibit any of the following symptoms:

• New fever of 100.4 F. or 38 C. degrees or greater
• Uncontrollable nausea or vomiting
• New or uncontrolled pain
• Chest pains or shortness of breath
• Severe shaking or chills
• Bleeding from the nose or gums
• Blood in the urine
• Black, tarry bowel movement
• Severe diarrhea
• Constipation with intense abdominal cramping
• Changes in your vision or hearing
• Increased bruising or pinpoint red or purple spots anywhere on the body
• New numbness or tingling of fingers or toes

Call during regular office hours (8:30 am– 5:00 pm Monday-Friday) if these apply:

• If you have questions about your medication, treatment or side effects
• If you’re having nutritional problems
• If you need a prescription refilled
• Please call by 3 p.m. and have your pharmacy’s phone number available
• For narcotics such as Percocet, MS Contin or Oxycontin, plan to come into the office for a written prescription. By law, your pharmacy must have a written prescription. Narcotic prescription refills will not be handled on weekends
• If you’ve heard about a new treatment

If a medication is not working, call (530) 309-1656 and let us know. Chances are, we can prescribe or suggest something to make you more comfortable.