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Originally Posted by ijusluvit
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.
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So glad to hear you have a medical team and plan you can have confidence in and it was done expeditiously.
Knowing there is more incidence of cancer with age, it's probably the concentration of people here over age 55 and the average age here that yields the 40% average here that you quoted.
Hoping and praying you come thru your treatment with flying colors. Keep your eye on
victory ahead!