The time wait is not too bad! I’ve waited sometimes a month or two in the past. I think they’re trying to keep the start of treatment or surgery to a specified amount of time (like 30 days), but escapes my mind at this time. If it’s too long a delay, they can up the dosage of radiation sometimes, but I think that’s beyond two months.

As I was told, it’s better sometimes to delay treatment than to start it! Once it’s started, treatment should not be stopped or interrupted for best results! I’ve stopped a few times due to hospitalization, and treatment center closure due to snow drown, and had missed days tacked on at the end.

Could you have gotten a 2nd or 3rd opinion? I’m lucky to have a dozen or so places to go in the past, and just about did, but I’m basically at one place now since my treatment started in 2009. No surgery consult?

Good luck


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