Their attitudes are great .. that'll be a great boost in the days ahead and during treatment. I wouldn't be thrilled about it being in the bones .. I know too much about the progression that can occur in my experiences with friends. But, the progress that's been made with this disease has been incredible, so hopefully it can be chemo controlled.
I am totally stunned, however, at the lightening speed with which all these biopsies, scans and tests were done and analyzed by all the medical professionals who had to have been involved. Three days?
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That's an unbelievable response time... I mean breathtaking. When I had a biopsy, it was at least 5-7 days before I received results.
Is this normal turnaound time now for such things or am I being naive because he's a presidential candidate and they're assured of getting velvet glove treatment that we peons could never get?
and he's a malpractice atty? i think that may be more key than the run for the presidency....
I think it depends on the hospital, how large the area is, how big the lab is, etc., although I'm sure she got the VIP treatment. But I've never waited as long as you have for a biopsy and I'm not a VIP :-)
More likely it's the malpractice trial lawyer factor.
See my post 348 on that.
I have no doubt, considering who we are talking about..that the doctors worked extra fast on her diagnosis.
I am not being critical...just realistic.
When my SIL had a tumor in her breast, they biopsied it one week. The day the results came in she had a central line inserted for chemo and all of the test to see how far the cancer had spread. It was lightening fast.
Well, they're rich and powerful. However, after months of taking our daughter to physician after physician who could not explain the pain in her hip and waiting for an MRI of the area that would turn out to show the culprit, everything was done lightning fast. If I had to do over again what happened with our daughter, I would know what to do to speed things up. Anywho, our daughter had an MRI of her spine, and the doc immediately scheduled surgery. He would have had her in surgery within two days except he was ill and did not want to risk infecting our child. As it was, he used to time to put her on meds that would shrink the tumor that was the source of excruciating and debilitating pain. The biopsy was done during the surgery, and a more comprehensive biopsy was done within the week.