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Hey Kim
You and I must be cut from the same dough! I love my onc and general primary care doctor but had a (recent) huge problem with my rad onc so I am going to see my primary care doctor instead of the rad onc. I feel that switch is fine but the (medical) onc is up on new drugs and new blood tests etc. You might need him again and in a pinch whereas a rad onc can't radiate you again within the next week but the medical onc could give you chemo again next week.
Keep looking. Like husbands, the good oncs (and doctors in general) are hard to find.
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Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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