[Margerie]

Horrible! My own radiation experience was not good... on my first consultation the nurse MADE me watch "an educational video about breast cancer" It was 30 minutes promo on why lumpectomy was so much better than mastectomy. Problem was I had had a mastectomy 3 months before this appointment (at the age of 38) and it was not elective. I was so pissed that I chewed out the radiation oncologist for 15 minutes. I mean if these people can't even read your chart to see why you are at their office in the first place, how are we supposed to trust them to computate how much radiation we should have and how it will be delivered? Sometimes I think it is a miracle anything ever gets done right.

I am thankful for this article, these horrible mistakes should not be kept from the public.