Comments on: So What Else is New? A lot! http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2007/06/13/so-what-else-is-new-a-lot/ Your Source of What\'s Happening Now Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:14:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: cvn702 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2007/06/13/so-what-else-is-new-a-lot/#comment-1617 cvn702 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:18:57 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2007/06/13/so-what-else-is-new-a-lot/#comment-1617 As a (relatively) young patient diagnosed with ovarian cancer (stage frightening), I can tell you that I had no prior symptoms. I had regular "female" checkups, including pap smears and the occasional breast flattening. Just 10 years ago, when diagnosed, I endured a cumulative set of horrifying experiences that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. All I do now is thank God that (partially) because of me, other women in the area won't have to put up with the gross incompetence of my HMO appointed "cancer specialists". My advice? Have a competent GP, a better insurance provider than NY Life, and an occasional nurse willing to do something other than blindly follow a doctor's rules. And don't count on symptoms to tell you it's there. My GP caught it by FEEL. LuckyToBeHere As a (relatively) young patient diagnosed with ovarian cancer (stage frightening), I can tell you that I had no prior symptoms. I had regular “female” checkups, including pap smears and the occasional breast flattening.

Just 10 years ago, when diagnosed, I endured a cumulative set of horrifying experiences that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.

All I do now is thank God that (partially) because of me, other women in the area won’t have to put up with the gross incompetence of my HMO appointed “cancer specialists”.

My advice? Have a competent GP, a better insurance provider than NY Life, and an occasional nurse willing to do something other than blindly follow a doctor’s rules.

And don’t count on symptoms to tell you it’s there. My GP caught it by FEEL.

LuckyToBeHere

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