Jean, Trust Gwen, go to an oncologist, I learned that lesson the hard way.
Good luck now. Your friend. Lillian
-----Original Message-----
From: Jean Johnson <tiggeroo@tidalwave.net>
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
Date: Sunday, March 08, 1998 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: [MOL] oncologist vs. ob-gyn??
>GW0123 wrote:
>>
>> What I'd like is for you to tell me again why an oncologist is
>> preferable to general surgeons and ob-gyn's. I'll be glad to forward
>> your opinions to my sister-in-law in case she still has any questions
>> about her decision.
>> Two reasons that I saw personally. Dad went to a regular ear, nose,
throat
>> doctor. He did not know the first thing about cancer. I begged dad to go
to a
>> cancer clinic where there is oncologist's in the fields of all practice.
In
>> Miami where he finally went at the end was a cancer clinic. There was the
>> regular oncologist. The second was a ear, nose, throat oncologist. The
third
>> was a cardiologist oncologist. All three went in and operated on dad, but
it
>> was just to much cancer, and they were not able to get a good margin
after all
>> the other operations. This is why I myself will only put my hands in the
care
>> of a Doctor who knows cancer, and studies it year around.
>> Second reason is my son had a T & A by another ear, nose, throat Doctor,
and
>> this Doctor was just great in my eyes, due to my son not being sick any
more.
>> This doctor was sued big time because a women went to him and he did not
see
>> the cancer, because truthfully he did'nt know what he was seeing. Told
her it
>> was strepthroat, and she died three months later. He lost his Hospital
>> privileges and everything. I know by someone else who went to my Dad's
first
>> doctor,and is sueing him, due to cancer. Everything dealing in Cancer
cannot
>> be taken lightly, because a life depends on it. I have had my say and you
will
>> hear alot more. Good luck. If it takes 4 days to find a good Oncologist
then
>> that is a choice that needs to be thought about. Two hours is not bad,
and a
>> clinic is even better. Gwen
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>Thanks, Gwen. I've forwarded your message to Annie.
>
>-Jean
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