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Old 09-05-2007, 08:47 PM   #19
Catherine
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Get a new oncologist?

Kat,

Your oncologist sounds like an old grump. I think he should be more open to your questions. I try to ask my questions in a very business like approach. I read about someone today who writes their questions down in blue. Then goes to the doctor and writes the answers in red. Well my questions are not color coded, but all my research and questions are in sequential order and dated. I can always refer to the answer I go, because I do forget. I would recommend seeing your primary and asking for another oncologist, you need some support.

I get Herceptin every 3 weeks and a muga every 3 months.

Put yourself first and let those men make their own dinner and wash their own clothes,

All the best,Catherine
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Found my own lump in the shower
April 2006 at the age of 58
Stage IIB, ER- PR- HER2+++ multi focal tumors, largest 2.3cm
Chemo first: AC/Taxol over 16 weeks
Bilateral mastectomy Sep 06
33 rads after the surgery
1 year of Herceptin completed Dec 07
15 years and no recurrence as of April 2021
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