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Lose the forgetful onc and find you someone YOUNG and FRESH who is NOT jaded and PER some of the earlier posts...I think a really smart one doesn't hurt. I had a young brilliant one in the beginning who truly saved my life, figured out the whole her-2 thing back in 1999 and got me herceptin when no one else could...alas..he was skirted away to the bigger and better...and I was left with...sighhh...lest she read this, I can't say...but if she wasn't only 2 miles from my home and basically agreeable to let me do anything I want..I tell you I would CHANGE in a quick minute...smile...There are good ones...but you have to interview at least 10 to find ONE. Get one who can REALLY communicate. Sometimes women oncs are more easy to talk with about weird side effects...I remember one PARTICULARLY strange side affect when I first started taking Herceptin...it made my vagina smell like WELL...I am NOT sure what??? We ran test after test...looking for fungi, bacteria...anything, but in the end...it would just fade away...eventually, until I took my next dose of herceptin. Coincidentally, although I FOUND THE musty/earthy exaggerated scent horrifying...I was taking grad classes at the time and I swear I had all these YOUNG guys pining away for me...Had to be pheromones of sorts hee hee hee. Very weird, but my woman onc was easier to discuss this with than a guy might have been...not to be sexist, but that is just my thought on it. Women oncs, just by virtue of their sex, come at it from an entirely different place than guys ever can...sorry guys, but that is just my take on it. Hope you find a GREAT one!!! Gina
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