So I met with Oncologist on Friday and I'm not real confident in his assessment , he started out telling me he was sending me for a biopsy and didn't know I'm 6 weeks out from having lung removed and already know it was cancer.. He spent a good 15 minutes trying to get my records about 10 tops actually talking to me and only wanted to talk about the 1 spot that led to lung coming out , not the smaller ones scattered around my remaining lung, said come back in 6 months.
(1) Oh Ronnie, I imagine you have many unanswered questions regarding your medical decisions and the journey so far! _And I'm so sorry you are going through this.
I walked, no RAN is more accurate away from one radiologist and one oncologist. All they could say when I asked a question was, "It's national standard." I finally found new doc's who treated me as an individual. Totally different treatment was suggested and I was part of the process and made my own decision.
@MerakiLife National standards can get chucked in the trash! 😠
@Tattoomonkey29, ❤️ I’m so sorry this doofus was unprepared and inattentive. Can you find a new oncologist?
@see_the_sus @MerakiLife I'm on it tomorrow I don't care if I have to go to Sacramento or San Francisco!
It's draining but you can do this! 😘
It’s hilarious *cough cough* how exhausting it is to find decent healthcare in order to take care of ourselves. 😒
@see_the_sus @Tattoomonkey29
I don't see it getting better.
After all, the sheen has been worn off our professionals in health care. It's a thankless job these days.
In my state they recently introduced a bill where wantabe docs can skip formal education and go through 3 years on-job-training by other docs. It's expected to pass!