That's awesome cathi!! I'll take your dr instead, actually either will do - but yours genuinely seems to care a definite plus! Hank your so early post treatment you absolutely should still be given high priority. Your RO is full of crap. Especially where he that swelling is concerned - that is definitely related to radiotherapy!!! I would write down a list of potential issues post radiation, that are directly related to the treatment call them back tell them the correlation and that they ( ROs ) are normally your primary post treatment. I know for a fact that despite my desire for it not to be the case - my RO is the go to man at this point. I know this because I asked... You MO is usually not responsible for your care unless your principle treatment is chemo ( I believe ) and your surgeon is important only if it's a surgically related issue.
Make some noise!
I had a similar situation prior to my radiation. It was a surgical issue, I just wanted someone to take a look, RO refused to see me as I wasn't in rads at the time ( hadn't started ) wasn't doing chemo yet either. Got the runaround where none of them wanted to see me or take responsibility - the nurse was VERY frustrated. I was told to go to the emerge room, and they would call my surgeon out of surgery ( uh - no!) so I left very upset! They all got hell the next day from management ! As the nurse told the nurse practitioner who reported the incident. I got in to see my surgeon 2 days later! It felt horrible, and humiliating - with all that's going on when you have cancer no one deserves to feel that way! They have a radiation clinic that's open daily at my cancer hospital. They also need to have a chemo clinic, and Surgical clinic, that way the appropriate dr. Can take a look at the issue and deal with it. Just my HO... sorry you had to go through that Hank.