just found this thread. i just had to contribute with:

my mom's RO isn't big on giving details about her cancer or her treatment. everytime we wanted to know something, we had to ask twice, sometimes even three times. it's been like this since the very first meeting. his answer to almost every question that first day was:

"wow, you did a lot of research. don't study too much."

that's when i knew, as a caregiver, that i had to go to WAR.

soo.