hi all,
thanks for your responses. we're settling with a medical oncologist as primary physician. we've decided that if there is going to be any more surgeries involved the decision should be made through a multidisciplinary consultation unlike the first time when the surgeon pretty much acted on his own. live and learn. what i don't quite get is why you have to pay such high price for what you learn. i keep thinking there needs to be a manual to guide people through these processes, and i believe people who have first-hand experience are the best to write it. i've learned much more from reading posts on this board than i did from all the material i'd read on various medical establishment documents. thanks again.

be well.

gita