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Lien · 04-19-2009, 07:31 AM

Good for you, Becky! I guess I'm just plain lucky. I live in the Netherlands, and here every cancer case is reviewed by a team. I had a great surgeon (scar hardly visible, excellent shape after lumpectomy) and a teriffic rads onc (very helpful, always ready to explain things in detail, if he doesn't know something, he finds out and gets back to me) and a very knowledgeable onc who is not good at communicating, but who is up to date with all the latest research and who is a good listener. My GP keeps an eye on all of them, and has let them know from the start that he is keeping tabs. So they know that if they slip up, they will be "caught".

Jacqueline

04-19-2009, 07:31 AM	#5
Lien Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Haarlem, the Netherlands Posts: 835	Good for you, Becky! I guess I'm just plain lucky. I live in the Netherlands, and here every cancer case is reviewed by a team. I had a great surgeon (scar hardly visible, excellent shape after lumpectomy) and a teriffic rads onc (very helpful, always ready to explain things in detail, if he doesn't know something, he finds out and gets back to me) and a very knowledgeable onc who is not good at communicating, but who is up to date with all the latest research and who is a good listener. My GP keeps an eye on all of them, and has let them know from the start that he is keeping tabs. So they know that if they slip up, they will be "caught". Jacqueline __________________ Diagnosed age 44, January 2004, 0.7 cm IDC & DCIS. Stage 1, grade 3, ER/PR pos. HER2 pos. clear margins, no nodes. SNB. 35 rads. On Zoladex and Armidex since Dec. 2004. Stopped Zoladex/Arimidex sept 2009 Still taking mistletoe shots (CAM therapy) Doing fine.