The Hermit Club

Nope

yeah. Main tumor was about 7 cm but after neo-adjuvent therapy and surgery it pretty much was gone. Like i said, no evidence of it having spread has been found in any recent scans.

Was told that I would only be doing the therapy i'm on now for a year last year after surgery and it looks like its gonna be forever which is contrary to what I was told and the story always changes.

Yep. Hubby works with women who were Stage IV and they are already done with their therapy. One woman had surgery before she had chemo and she's back to her normal life.

Yeah, I started about 6 months ago. The MO keeps trying to have me keep the port in too because I said if I ever got finished with treatment, I wanted it out. Makes it dang uncomfortable to sleep as where they put it is in below my right shoulder and that is the side I sleep on. The MO keeps using the post-surgical pathology report in saying I'm a Stage IV. BS says that I was a Stage IV at time of diagnosis but that a chance of reoccurance is very low.

As if dealing with this wasn't bad enough, it looks like I might have to take my cat to the vet soon. Hubby and I both think that something is wrong with him. He's drinking way too much water. I scoop the litterbox on a daily basis, but even with that I am having to change his litter twice a week. We have been using the same brand of litter and cat food that he's been on since he was a kitten (he'll be 8 yrs old in mid Dec.). This has got me really stumped and stressed!

Looks like I go one of the quacks! The thing that was funny about it, I was referred to her by my BS who I trust wholeheartedly!

As if dealing with this wasn't bad enough, it looks like I might have to take my cat to the vet soon. Hubby and I both think that something is wrong with him. He's drinking way too much water. I scoop the litterbox on a daily basis, but even with that I am having to change his litter twice a week. We have been using the same brand of litter and cat food that he's been on since he was a kitten (he'll be 8 yrs old in mid Dec.). This has got me really stumped and stressed!

no i didn't hear about that one.

Hubby is talking that if kitty is still acting as he has been, we'll be taking him on Saturday. Just hope its something minor or nothing at all. Hate to lose my Little Man, Booger, Booga, Buddah Kitty, Boogerzilla, Buddah Bear (yeah mommy has given him lots of nicknames)    lol 

http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2014/08/25/hutchinson-clinic-audit-cancer-doctor-unnecessarily-treated-patients-a-547604.html#.VFJf9GK9KSM

Apparently there are more than one of them.

Another

http://medstak.com/2013/08/woman-goes-through-unnecessary-chemo-after-cancer-misdiagnosis/:

Yipes! Now this has me worried!

MO,

Get a 2nd opinion, before kicking present MO from India to the curb.

Some thread members get a 2nd and even a 3rd opinion.

you need a different Onco Mommy.........

I am sorry I am failing at supporting you all but I am on the edge and unravelling..............in floods of tears everywhere.......................

Mommy you need an Onc you can trust a bit at least, you have no faith in this one so get rid...........even if she is a good Onc she is a lousy communicator and you need to be on the same page with someone as important as an Oncologist

Jazzy, thanks for thinking of me.  I am enjoying the Debra Messing show.  She does a very good job of portraying a feminine, strong, woman detective marching to her own tune.  It sounds like your networking is paying off ... I am anxious to hear about the city job possibility.  Today I had coffee with a friend I had not seen in ages ... Great reminiscing (so ?) and some fun laughs.

Mags ... Hoping the chemo side effects wear off quickly.

Blondie ... (((Hugs)))

I was way behind, so my last post refers to posts on the last page.  Also, from the last page, M0, I hope your DH can get the doc to give straight, understandable answers.  Another also, happy to hear that your insurance will pay for a second opinion as it gives you another option.

Lily, sorry to hear that you are down ... thinking of you.

Hi Cami and Onco.  Cami, how is Joey these days?

Hi hermits- busy day but some cool things afoot. More on that later.

Mommy, in addition to a second opinion, can get you get a copy of your medical records from the office before you go into see him or for your second opinion. I have bits and pieces of mine from my pathology report to my genetics test results, etc. but did request a full copy once around an issue I had with a bad gyn experience (got a second opinion and found a better doctor too).  Sometimes my breast surgeon is not good at sharing, but my MO and PCP always give me copies of labs and other tests readily and explain them to me. But there is way more in there, like the doctors progress notes, etc. which if you are lucky enough to be able to read, will tell you more. Most organizations are on electronic medical records these days, and I happen to know Yale is based on some of my with the last vendor project I worked on. You can request this at any time and usually there is a small processing fee for copying and you can either have them mailed to you or go pick them up. 

Lili- I am sorry you are having a hard day. What can we do to help? I like knowing you are here with us, sharing as you need to, and glad you are part of our little community. No need to apologize for anything ever. We know things are hard for you as they are for all women going through this crud. 

I need to catch up on a few things but will tell you more tomorrow, about my meeting with the city today. It was a good conversation on several levels. I also have a call in the am with a firm I met last week out of London (that's right, over the pond!)