I look forward to hearing differing veiwpoints on this, particularly from our members who have personal experience with it:

Were you treated in a timely manner?
Was your pain managed well?
Did they use a triage system to determine where in the cue you would be?
Did you get the tests, scans and labwork in a timely manner? Was your treatment state of the art?
Were your chemo drugs up to date?
What was the timeframe from initial Dx to the actual start of Tx?
Is your follow-up schedule acceptable to you?

I could think up more but that is just for starters. Feel free to add to the list.

I start this thread not so much to initiate a debate but rather to educate and find out the truths in the socialized medical care system. Since the US may be headed in this direction it would be informative to learn the weaknesses amd strengths of this type of medical care system.


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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