Breast cancer - what is this SAVI stuff?

[hamsterjill]

9. Are you actually a doctor?

I understand the explanation. I’m just saying the process isn’t good enough and the medical community should be doing more. There is no impetus to do better, or else there wouldn’t be this “settling” with this type of issue. There is never any discussion about patient individuality or patient desire. The approach is “it’s this way or else” and that should not be be.

What else awaits down the line for her that no one has bothered to mention in all of this? (That’s a rhetorical question).

I’m just not sure the medical community understands that some people might prefer to take their chances and live stress free for a while rather than to undergo Frankenstein procedures and be afraid all the time. We shouldn’t have to accept standard when standard isn’t good enough. We should be able to have individualized care tailored toward the individual patient. All options, including those outside of “normal” procedures should’ve been discussed and that certainly has not happened in her case. Even getting to this point to have a diagnosis has taken months and been grueling, and there has been no interest by any doctor that she’s seen to understand the stupidity of what she’s been through and try to did it. It’s pretty much just “well that’s the way it is”. Why do people want to be in health care if they don’t have the “care” component? The answer is the money, and it’s sad.

Thank you again for your information.