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@taly I am a want to know person, good or bad, so I like getting the results quickly. The portal will have a patient friendly option to view the results. It will highlight most complicated words. You can click on them for definitions/explanations of those words. My only caution is to not over react, good or bad, to the results until to talk to your doctor. Initially, I had completely misunderstood the results a time or two. It made my conversations with my doctors unnecessarily difficult. That's not a good way to start a relationship with a doctor.

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@tomrennie That's good to know. I have a friend who is an M.D. who has been helpful in interpreting, too. I feel a lot of trust in Dr. Wasif, though we haven't met yet, which I believe is helpful. I saw somewhere that surgeries are usually something like 3-6 weeks after the surg consult. It feels like it's coming up fast!