There seems to be a disconnect... it is really serious, but they give you an appointment so far out? Take things into your own hands, find the best cancer centers near you, starting by using the best hospitals link on the OCF resources page, and then the link to NCI ccc's. Make some calls on your own and see if you can get into someplace else. The first thing you have to understand in this process is that you have to be your own advocate. You do not need a referral to get into a major cancer center, you can self refer. Every day this goes undealt with is a day that it can grow to the next stage of the disease and be harder to irradicate. This is a time to be assertive, and do not take no for an answer. It is not their lives on the line....

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.