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Originally Posted by rustyp
I don't understand - did the Mayo Clinic diagnose it was uterine cancer Vs pancreatic cancer and an abdominal tumor before the surgery or discover it as as part of the surgery ? Were you told there was nothing that could be done by the first Doctor here in The Villages ?
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Good questions. People are given information about their health and sometimes do not absorb it correctly. The two of us go together so we have a better chance of hearing correctly and asking the right questions.
Some people do not know much about the function of the human body and they will hear rumors and innuendos from others and repeat them as fact. I have never ever heard any oncologist use the word "cured".
We consult many different doctors here and some are foreign born. That doesn't mean they are inferior but it does sometimes mean that they are more difficult to understand.
I am satisfied with our health care overall, but sometimes find myself annoyed at how the offices are run here with many people employed who have graduated from one of those short term programs, rather than the R.N.s that our doctors in Cincinnati employed.