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"It is our obligation therefore to become our own specialists...."
I should have said I agree with MOST of what you said, but I don't agree with this phrase. (I would agree that it is an advantage to be well informed and able to discuss the various pros and cons on individual approaches.) We just do not have the well rounded background to make sense of such a comlpex field (though Paul seems to be able to make a fair stab of it, I must admit). Yes we are intelligent and educated so we can ask sensible questions, understand what is happening to us and why, and contribute to informed decision making, and yes why not discuss things we have heard about with our oncologist.... only sensible. But let's remember that the wonder drug of today may be the vioxx of tomorrow... (and I'm not putting vioxx down.... my mother has been on it for years and is suffering terribly now that she can't take it).
Regards again with my after thought,
Vicki
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