Suzanne

First, I never heard of such shilly shalling on the part of a surgeon and you have every right to be disappointed in such an attitude. Good for you to muster up the energy and time for a 3rd opinion at Sloan Ket. I am impressed since it is so daunting a time in your life.
And like all good CPAs, David is technically correct on the radiation nomenclature. I blame my RO still uses the old Rad scale (which even Wikipedia lists as "largely obsolete". ) Moreover, I would not have had to worry about a recurrence if they had given me 720,000 Rads, as that would have been beyond my lifetime warranty and resulted in an involuntary recall to the manufacturer.