Newly Diagnosed, looking for doc - 02-14-2020 03:37 AM
Hi, I'm Jack. So sorry to hear about your diagnosis and I hope treatment goes well for you. I have stage 1-2 cancer of the cheek and part of lip. Went to oral cancer surgeon in Baltimore and was really turned off. It was like I was just a piece of meat. She hadn't read any of my reports, biopsies, scans etc. and then told me she was going to have to cut about half my right cheek away and have someone else restore it. But she was like, ho-hum, another one. And this at one of the supposedly top oral cancer hospitals. And she had no urgency about operating on it. Is this normal for you all? I want to get a second opinion and will travel anywhere in the country to get one. Does anyone have names of other oral cancer surgeons I could try to see? many thanks.