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Breaking up with your oncologist
hi all, im new to this forum and about half way through my AC/taxol chemo ‘journey’. I’m a stage 3 triple positive, on the menu is chemo, mastectomy, radiation, hercepton and likely neratinib (when...
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Hi @Saram. I didn't click with my oncologist either. She's really nice and I believe the care I received was perfectly fine. I did feel a little like a number at the time. Like you I'd clicked with my BS.
I was in exactly the same place you are, debating whether or not to find a new one when she up and quit private practice. My BS and breastcare nurse did not recommend the other oncologist in the practice for me and by now knew me much better. The onc I now see suits me more. So far anyway! I've only seen her once, seeing her again on Tuesday.
It's a long term relationship. It's worth getting it right. You don't have to explain if you don't want to. K xox
I was in exactly the same place you are, debating whether or not to find a new one when she up and quit private practice. My BS and breastcare nurse did not recommend the other oncologist in the practice for me and by now knew me much better. The onc I now see suits me more. So far anyway! I've only seen her once, seeing her again on Tuesday.
It's a long term relationship. It's worth getting it right. You don't have to explain if you don't want to. K xox