@tuckerp Funny how you mention the GBM site, with only positive comments allowed.
My friend’s son had GBM and was being treated in Houston (not MD Anderson, but the ‘other’ cancer hospital whose name escapes me) by an Asian doctor with a very heavy accent. He was a very clinical type, never joked and rarely smiled.
When my friend’s son asked him what the next steps would be after radiation, he looked at him and said ‘You be dead in 14 months no matter what you do’…
The kid was stunned but immediately went to the chief of radiology and fired the doctor over the comment. He was quickly reassigned another clinician.
Don’t know what happened to the first doc, but c’mon man, give your patients HOPE at the very least!! Perhaps some comments on the forum come off that way to some individuals - a hard truth they simply cannot accept?? My friend’s son certainly couldn’t accept it and he fought like hell; he lasted 18 months - 4 months more than predicted.
Don’t know if this was a pyrrhic victory for him because those 4 extra months were the absolute worst…
Phil