I was not unhappy to miss having chemo, because, IMHO, all of the "protective" things I have done post the surgery have been worse than the surgery itself. I was not offered any test that would involve additional expense, which, according to my radiologist, was the hallmark of the Illinois oncologist. Perhaps I can give you another story of his methods involving a woman I knew well, Diana. I had all 3 of her daughters as students in 7th and 8th grade and then hired them to work for me at my business. Diana had the same oncologist (not very many to select from in this rural area) and was fine for many years when it reoccurred. She felt something was "off" in her body, but our mutual oncologist refused to run the test that would either prove or disprove her fears. Her daughters, who wanted to try to save her life, wanted to take her to the Mayo Clinic. He said, to them, "Why do you want to take her there? I interned there. I know everything they know." And he refused to give up her tumor (on ice from her original surgery), which is against the law. When the girls continued to request all information so that they could take their mother elsewhere, he became irritated and said, "I need therapy after I talk to you three." He finally ran the test, which determined that her cancer had recurred and traveled to her pancreas. He bombared her with intensive chemo, which simply made her weak and worse. She died in hospice. When they heard he was MY doctor, they said, "He killed our mother."