Oh how complicated this system seems to us Brits.Every one in the UK has one doctor called a General Practitioner,or family doctor he sees you about anything that is wrong with you be it surgical,medical etc.He sends you to the hospital if he thinks it is necessary to see an appropriately qualified specialist.Rob saw a Head and Neck consultant(i think you call then attendings but not sure) for all his treatment until radiotherapy was required .Then he was handed over to the Oncology Department in the cancer centre.The structure is Consultant,(Attending) Registrar(Chief Resident)House Officer (Resident)If Rob is poorly,or needs anything ,we tell the radiographer who bleeps the Doctor (usually the registrar),who comes down to radiotherapy and sees us and writes up any meds Rob needs for whatever the problem.We are seen every seven days by the doctor and dietician as a routine and if he is ill i take him to radiotherapy and they get a doctor.On top of all this a copy of everything done at the hospital is sent to our GP so he is on board if we have to call him out.It must be a desparate situation not knowing who to ask for what ,i hope it i resolved for you.

Liz,

It is also pretty standard for people in the US to have a GP (and I did prior to my cancer diagnosis). For me the problem was that he was one of several doctors who failed to act on the lesion on my tongue, even when I specifically had him look at it, and once I received my diagnosis I had no more confidence in him. When my MO offered to become my primary care doctor, I took him up on it, because he had done a great job with overseeing every aspect of my treatment. Virtually any time I have any type of test or procedure done (for any reason), he gets a copy of the results, so he really does fill the role of a GP.

Cathy

Advocate communicated with Docs. RO is now taking a little more time and actually comes into the room to talk to me.

Surgeon wants to do a brain MRI and see me.
uh oh.
On the initial MRI from surgery time, there was nothing on the brain image.

I Got a lot worse this weekend (3rd weekend; is this the dreaded "after 3 weeks". I do about 3 treatments per week, miss Friday typically as I am too sick. Then I recover over the weekend.

This weekend I did not recover; I got worse. Could not get out of bed or eat which of course made me a lot worse. I got really dizzy and weak and nauseaus.

Everything I taste/smell is nauseating including boost and other liquid food.