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Anyone have experiences with Dr. Quevedo at Mayo: Align with Kwon?
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Is this about DR Kwon or DR Quevedo? My doctor now passes me off on to his PA now. I basically see him annually. I like the PA and she does a good job answering my questions. The problem is she doesn't know all the answers to my questions. The doctor I have now is very palliative in his treatments. I will be going on my third round of wait for PSA to rise to some where between 6-10 then radiation and meds. Then take a year break and do it all over again. NOT FUN. I am hoping to find a doctor who will listen to my concerns and be more aggressive upfront so that maybe my breaks in treatment are more than a year +. Thanks for sharing. Good luck in your journey. James
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My Medicare advantage plan is with Kaiser. People complain about how Kaiser doesn’t do this or doesn’t do that, But my experience with prostate cancer treatment is very different.
Early in my PC treatment I was assigned the only GU oncologist at Kaiser. She trained at UCSF and really knows her stuff. She meets with me every quarter, By video conference. I can email her and she will answer any question I have, within hours, and when I meet her on video, it’s really productive.
She even set me up for a second opinion with one of the other Kaiser oncologists and he was really up on what was going on. I’m sure anybody using him was really pleased with their treatment. I do, however know that other people have been very disappointed with some of the Kaiser oncologists. I have always been proactive with my oncologist and because of her knowledge, she agrees with almost everything I’ve asked for. Even though we are in the same city, I’ve never met her in person.
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It was my experience with Dr. Kwon.
I have learned over my journey that is is not necessarily that the individual is not a qualified doctor, they have their training, education, license and board certifications...it is their "bedside manner" that may not be a fit for us.
I have "fired" some extremely capable urologists and oncologists from my team over the years. Why, not because they weren't experts, because they weren't active listeners, didn't want to share in decision making.
Dr. Kwon's PA was very good. Dr. Kwon himself is very good and his aggressive approach to treatment I believe saved my life and generally people on this forum and others say he did the same for them when their local teams were mired in standard of care treatments.
In my case, my medical team here has what I want, aggressive approach, active listeners and share in decision making...
I have all his YouTube videos bookmarked and share those with others where it may be pertinent to their clinical data and decision making.
Kevin