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Got told today chemo failed
Today I met with my surgeon, I'm booked in for right mastectomy and full node clearance for 15th August. He told me chemo has failed and done nothing. Hearing that had my head spinning. I've just spen...
Surgeons may be good at what they do but they should shut their heads when it comes to commenting on other specialist fields. Mine also made a right arse of himself by pontificating about what my treatment would be after he had finished with me. Wrong, wrong and wrong.
I had the pleasure of telling him he might as well have been a bloody muppet for all the good his advice was. Then went on to tell him that now he's a professor he needs to pay better attention to his wardrobe and wash his white coat (I swear it's the same one with the same stains as when I first met him ten years ago) If he can meddle with oncology, I can meddle with laundry and grooming which are so, so not my thing. But, hey, I hang out with people who do it all the time, so that should make me an expert. No?
Seriously though, we need to call this nonsense when it happens. I know they have huge egos, years of experience and punishing workloads but your personal muppet has put you into a tail spin at a time when you did not need any more stress. Let alone incorrect 'advice' from someone who you had no reason to disbelieve. I'm glad that you are feeling a bit better about the whole shit fight. Marg xxx