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Originally Posted by billethkid
must have something to do with your type of cancer or your physicians preference. My wife had breast cancer prior to the Moffit existence. Every need for the varying specialtied (and there are many) was available without leaving TV or nearby (Intercommunity Cancer Center behind Home Depot on Rolling Avres). Including some advanced radiation techniqes not available in many places (back then).
God forbid, if ever needed again for either of us, we would not go to Moffit, but return to those who did such a spectacular, comprehensive care and complete removal of my wife's cancer.
I think there has been a dis-service to the non Moffit cancer treatment providers in our area ever since the advent of TV promoting Moffit, which in my opinion was/is self serving to the developers marketing profile.
To each his own on such a personal issue as the big 'C'.....but there is a lot of specialty in the area.....that now happens to include Moffit.
btk
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So this is why I asked the original question and what has happened since:
I got my very grim diagnosis on February 4th up north and arrived here on the evening of the 5th. On the 6th I met with the nurse navigator at Moffitt. By 3:00 pm the next day I had done all of my pre-treatment testing except a Friday PET scan, including a full consult with a fabulous oncologist. Everything was ready for my first treatment on Tuesday the 12th and it went very well. I have never been treated so well and so professionally anytime, anywhere.
The testing and diagnosis took over a month at a prestigious cancer center back home, and I wasn't really displeased with that, but the Moffitt Center tops anything I could have imagined.
I feel indebted to Mr Morse's vision and determination to spend money and twist arms to bring this resource to us. I don't care who might not agree with things he's done. Moffitt is monumental.
BTW - my oncologist's latest stats are that there is a population numbering 93,000 here now. The national average is that 15% of the population has cancer, that is from is stage 1 prostate cancer to all stage 4 types, and non- malynoma skin cancers aren't even counted. The Florida average is 20%.
The Villages average is 40%!!
So what we need is as many Moffitts as McDonalds.