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mayasgirl
mayasgirl Member Posts: 2
edited June 2014 in Humor and Games
O. k. This is the first time I've ever blogged so pardon me please. Does anyone out there (besides me) think it is more than a little strange my oncologist has never actually examined my breast? I've been with him for more than four months now since before my radiation treatment. After surgery and radiation, now he's recommending hormonal therapies and I'm just wondering do oncologists usually prescribe serious medications and NEVER actually examine the breast/or breasts in question? I just wonder if he's even curious!
This may sound ridiculous, but I'm serious.
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  • suzie14
    suzie14 Member Posts: 344
    edited December 2006
    maya, your post concerns me. If I were you I would ask your onc to examine you! All of my docs (onc, surgeon, gyn and gp) examine my remaining breast.

    You may want to consider switching docs.

    suzie
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2006
    Get a second opinion. My onc examines every time & so did my rad onc. Or you could always just ask him why he hasn't examined you. That's what I would do. But then I'm pretty direct.

    Good Luck
    Cheri
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  • PookieBear
    PookieBear Member Posts: 75
    edited December 2006
    I have been examined by every doctor I've had every time I go. From my surgeon to the oncologist and rads doc.
    Does sound a little odd. I would just ask him why he hasn't and see what the explanation is.
    Good luck to you!
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  • mayasgirl
    mayasgirl Member Posts: 2
    edited January 2007

    Thank you ladies. I plan on asking him this week when I see him.

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  • ChicoTrish
    ChicoTrish Member Posts: 39
    edited January 2007
    My experience has been like yours, mayasgirl. My oncologist has deferred examinations to my surgeon and female radiation oncologist. He's been wonderful -- responsive to problems, returns phone calls within an hour, encouraging when I was ready to throw in the towel with chemo. It never even occurred to me that he'd perform breast exams.

    Trish
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  • rvgirl
    rvgirl Member Posts: 9
    edited January 2007

    Ask him to do it and ask that a nurse is in the room while he does the exam. If he won't do that, get another doctor. It all sounds strange. Would you trust a doctor to treat you for skin cancer if he wouldn't look at the leison? Not me.

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  • PookieBear
    PookieBear Member Posts: 75
    edited January 2007

    Why is this under the "Humor" thread? I don't think it started out here.

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