Cancer patient would like to know other cancer patients opinions?!
Question: Cancer patient would like to know other cancer patients opinions!?
I am looking for responses from cancer patients who don't just trust their Dr's automatically!. People who are keeping up on advances and researching for themselves!. I moved from AZ to CA and now have the worst doctor ever!. I have to tell her how to do her job!. She does not schedule me for CT's as needed, and has not harvested my stem cells!. I am stage 4, low grade, fast growing Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma!. I should be given a CT every 6 months and know this!. But she does not want to do anything!.
So what I am wondering!. Where do you feel the best Dr's for cancer are located (what state and city)!. I am on a fixed income and may be able to afford moving just one more time!. So if I do so, I'd like to know that others with my condition are truly happy where they are and think the Doctors there really put the patient first and fore most!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
So what I am wondering!. Where do you feel the best Dr's for cancer are located (what state and city)!. I am on a fixed income and may be able to afford moving just one more time!. So if I do so, I'd like to know that others with my condition are truly happy where they are and think the Doctors there really put the patient first and fore most!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
My husband has the same cancer!. He is going to Philadelphia!. One of the top is Fox Chase in Philly and U of Penn, Abramson Cancer Center in Philly!. We are very happy with the treatment and tests he has been getting!.
You need a PET scan every few months!.
The top cancer center in the US is Memorial Sloan Kettering in NY!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
You need a PET scan every few months!.
The top cancer center in the US is Memorial Sloan Kettering in NY!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It's useless to have a doctor that you don't trust or like!.
She will not be the only doctor in your area, so call about to get a new one!. Explain to them why you need a new doctor!. Moving shouldn't be your only answer!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
She will not be the only doctor in your area, so call about to get a new one!. Explain to them why you need a new doctor!. Moving shouldn't be your only answer!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
With doctors I believe in a trust but verify relationship!. If there is no trust, then just get a new doctor!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
I wish you the best on finding one!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I researched everything when I was first diagnosed!. I spent lots of time asking the doctor why he was doing this, and what about that instead!. It's all part of the process for some of us!.
The point I got to is that before my pathology came back, he had already successfully guessed the nature of the results and the proper course of treatment!. How!? Gee, probably because he does it for a living, has treated hundreds of cancer patients, and knows what the heck he's doing!.
I stopped spending so much time doing research!. Even if I spend 100 hours doing research on the Internet, that is not a fraction of a percent of the time he spent in medical school, specialty school, residency, and practicing medicine!. Seriously!. Most of the "research" I ever did had no relevance to my situation!. That's the difference between being a doctor, and a person with a search engine!.
I trust my doc!. He earned that trust!. If yours has not, then please, by all means, move on and find someone better!. There are doctors out there who deserve to be trusted!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
The point I got to is that before my pathology came back, he had already successfully guessed the nature of the results and the proper course of treatment!. How!? Gee, probably because he does it for a living, has treated hundreds of cancer patients, and knows what the heck he's doing!.
I stopped spending so much time doing research!. Even if I spend 100 hours doing research on the Internet, that is not a fraction of a percent of the time he spent in medical school, specialty school, residency, and practicing medicine!. Seriously!. Most of the "research" I ever did had no relevance to my situation!. That's the difference between being a doctor, and a person with a search engine!.
I trust my doc!. He earned that trust!. If yours has not, then please, by all means, move on and find someone better!. There are doctors out there who deserve to be trusted!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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