My dear friend and neighbor gets chemo here locally when she is staying at her home during the season. The prescription for the chemo comes from her oncologist from Chicago.
Anyone who reads anything I have to say knows that I am a huge supporter of anything about The Villages.
However I think that all medical facilities are not equal and there are different forms of cancer, some far ...more involved than others. Some fast acting and deadly cancers can't be stopped but given the right treatment and watched by an excellent oncologist, some of those can be slowed down and even put into remission. It has been my experience that Cancer centers like Moffet in Tampa, Mayo Clinic's branch in Jacksonville and the cancer center at the University of Gainesville see a lot more patients and since they are teaching centers, they are on the cutting edge of new information.
I am pleased that Moffet will be opening a facility here and I also am glad to be given the opportunity to do what we can to help facilitate that financially as villagers.
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