Need HELP NOW ?? bad DR here

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NickandCatsNana
NickandCatsNana Member Posts: 1
edited June 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

I have just been diagnosed with ductal carcinoma I have fired 3 drs already one of who said"its just a cyst don't worry about it I live in a small hick town and am scared to death because of medical misdiagnosis I have gotten here 2 times in past year I need to find out what to ask and WHO to ask  This is my life

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  • Annabella58
    Annabella58 Member Posts: 2,466
    edited November 2010

    If you call your largest nearby hospital (or not even nearby, but it should be a larger hospital) they can give you a list of breast surgeons that you can call.

    From there, you can get an appt., get a radiologist referral, and get an MRI so that you know exactly WHAT is going on.

    Do you have any idea what the credentials are on the dr. that diagnosed you?  Do you have a copy of the mammo film? An MRI?  You can call and ask for copies of any of these, they must give them to you.

    You can then take them to the new dr. and ask what is going on.  Kind of sounds like you need to do some travel to a larger locale, as you speak of being in a hick town.  Since you do not mention where you are, I would begin with the largest city and the largest hospital in that city that you can actually get to.  If you post where you are, we can advise you who/what/where to go?

    Good luck to you

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited November 2010

    You need to get yourself to an NCI Cancer Center. Here is a list:

    http://cancercenters.cancer.gov/cancer_centers/cancer-centers-list.html

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