[Lien]

Dear Chelee,

I'm so sorry you are going through all this. Your reasoning seems right: what's the use fixing your leg if you are dying from cancer? Perhaps you should send your onc an old fashioned snail mail letter asking her this.

Something like:

Dear Dr. xxx,

As I haven't been able to talk to you recently, and as I don't feel you are hearing what I'm saying, I decided to write to you. I have some very serious concerns about my treatment plan and am not getting the answers I need to help me make a decision.

I am worried that my cancer is spreading rapidly and I don't feel that your treatment plan is adressing that issue. I don't understand why I can't have chemo or Tykerb right now. I know others who have had chemo right before and soon after complicated surgeries. If my leg gets fixed but the cancer spreads, I'm in more trouble than I was before.

I am very upset and feel I am not receiving adequate care. If you think you are doing the right thing, please explain to me why I can't get the treatments others are getting and that Dr Slamon, who did a second opinion, recommended.

Yours sincerely,....

I think I would hand deliver the letter and demand a receipt. This is ridiculous. If she can't offer the kind of treatment you need, the least thing she could do is sit down and explain it properly.

This is such a tough situation and I don't blame you for feeling very frustrated, upset and angry.

Hugs

Jacqueline