[Paula O]

Jessica,

I'm so glad you are switching radiation oncologists and things are coming together to get you some help very soon. Sometimes cancer puts people between a rock and a hard place and it's hard to figure out what the best choice is among the different options that you wish you didn't have to choose from.

There was a very interesting session I attended a couple days at the SABCS where doctors stood up and presented difficult cases for the feedback of an expert medical panel. In one of these an oncologist described his very sick breast cancer patient who had been fighting a hard fight and she wanted to go on a trip which would mean a lapse in her treatment. The consensus was that sometimes vacations and enjoying quality of life is the best medicine for a patient.

I hope that it works out for you to enjoy a special time at Christmas whether it's at home or going with your original plans of this trip you've been looking forward to if it looks safe to be able to do that.

Wishing you the very best,

Paula