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kah5209 - I LOL at that - because it is sooo true. Your post made me feel alot better.

Thanks so much. Hindsight being 20/20 - I wouldn't do it again. Too much worry! Also, I couldn't ask my sister to pass on congrats because it was over.

That is just it - I didn't have her e-mail or phone number (all of that was at work) - this was not a patient/provider interaction. That is why I am having trouble with this - if I would not have seen her at the office - I would have done the same exact thing that I did (because I already knew her casually). I almost think it would have been a violation had I used her phone number or e-mail from the office vs. what I did??? So confused!

Please let me know if this is a violation: I had a patient who I also knew casually. She and my sister participated in a competition which she won. I did not have her email so I asked a friend for it to congratulate her (nothing to do w/ being a patient). My friend then asked her (the patient) why I would have asked for her email. The patient replied, "it is a private matter". So now I have my friend asking what is the private matter and I have stated that it was just to congratulate her (which of course doesn't add up to my friend - who is dogging me about it & guessing all kinds of incorrect things - ). I am worried that the patient thinks I told my friend something or may be irked that I even asked for her email. Should I email/call the patient and explain because I now feel that I did something wrong and I feel that I should contact the patient and state that I was just getting the email to congratulate her (which I did). This all seems so convoluted!! I wish I had never even asked for it. Any thoughts would be helpful - I don't want to get myself in any deeper. :smackingf