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Heather Shaff's avatar

Excellent, measured advice, thank you!

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RJ's avatar

Thank you for this.

I obtained more than one opinion in addition to the initial opinion. I actually obtained 7 opinions. Although all agreed on the recommended chemo, there were other issues that were important in my selection: yes or no radiation after chemo, field radiation or image guided radiation, comfort with radiation oncologist and medical oncologist, consider other major medical diagnoses in dosing chemo or not, continue working as physician or close my practice, general comfort with the doctor and office staff, how the office responds to patient calls and needs, how the doctors respond to my questions, will I be seen by my physician oncologist or by lesser trained mid level providers. I was surprised at the complexity of this set of choices.

In the end, I was able to choose a pair of oncologists (medical and radiation) at a local hospital, I thought my care was very good, and I have never regretted getting more opinions. It gave me peace of mind that, regardless of outcome, I had the right care for my situation.

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