Hi Kate,
You've been a great help.
We saw a plastic surgeon and primary surgeon before-hand, just not an oncologist yet. The thinking was that no matter what else was said, the tumor had to go and A.S.A.P.
What made matters worse was the original surgeon's staff making a huge insurance mistake, which cost us more time. The psychological blow of that was significant to say the least, and we don't yet know at what physical cost their error came at. Imagine that it was all caused by the simple inability to admit a mistake? It is amazing how some ego's are so walled up that any cost to outsiders is acceptable. We'll examine our options regarding that soon enough.
It was a bit of a gamble as far as the reconstruction went. Hopefully for once we bet the right way
---kevin and Sue---