 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Thanks, Nelie you were right on the money. The PCP can change depending on what phase of treatment you are at and who's following you the closest. Since chemo was such a big deal, in the beginning my MO (medical oncologist) was the PCP. Then that shifted to the head & neck surgeon and he was following up every 6 weeks for a time. Now I have to go to an internist as my PCP, although I am still followed up every 6 months by the RO and the MO and every 4 months by the H&N Surgeon.
It's a slow process and you must have great patience.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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