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Spot on! I made the same decision, based on exactly the same factors, except I'm 85. I've been through Mayo for a different condition, but I chose MD Anderson for my EC. For one thing, all MDA does is treat cancers. My initial meeting was with my MD team - a surgeon, a medical oncologist and a radiation oncologist, as a group. I had already made my mind up at that point and explained my attitude to the surgeon. He was very gracious and said that he understood my reasoning and that my decision was, for me, an informed and best decision. (My ex-wife, still a friend, also had EC and had surgery at Johns-Hopkins, so I'd had the opportunity to observe her aftermath. She was 77 at the time.) That was the last I saw of him. I know you've made a difficult decision, having been there, and I wish us both the best of luck...

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Please say more about your ex-wife's 'aftermath'

Once pet scan is done Monday and get results Friday I will at least know what stage and what there actual plan is not hypothetically depending on finding. I'm fi ding that the waiting if I think too much about it sends me in a head spin as don't have the necessary knowledge to even except let alone deal with the psychological aspects of it. Once I know the extent of it be it bad or better then thought and the acceptance of the reality of my situation sets in I think I can get a better equalization of my feelings. But oncologist made it sound like because it's 10cm (4inches) that the scan will show late stages. I hope you are doing well with your situation