Liz,

It is also pretty standard for people in the US to have a GP (and I did prior to my cancer diagnosis). For me the problem was that he was one of several doctors who failed to act on the lesion on my tongue, even when I specifically had him look at it, and once I received my diagnosis I had no more confidence in him. When my MO offered to become my primary care doctor, I took him up on it, because he had done a great job with overseeing every aspect of my treatment. Virtually any time I have any type of test or procedure done (for any reason), he gets a copy of the results, so he really does fill the role of a GP.

Cathy

Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989