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You are welcome here, @catlover1943. Connect is for all patients whether you get your care at Mayo Clinic or elsewhere. It seems to me that you are taking control by seeking a second opinion at U of M. Have you made the call?
Hello @catlover1943,
As you can see from the post from @merpreb many of us are not Mayo patients. I too live in Michigan and go to U of Mich. for my cancer follow-ups. While I don't have lung cancer, I have found U of M care to be very helpful. Teaching/research hospitals tend to have the latest information in cancer treatment.
Do you have an appointment scheduled at U of M yet? I hope you find answers to your questions.
@catlover1943- Good morning. I'm sorry that my answer yesterday was so brief. I was recovering from a procedure that was unrelated to my lungs. I am a 23-year lung cancer survivor, 13 of these years have been fighting multifocal. I am being treated at Mass General in Boston. I have had my left upper lobe removed and that had 3 lesions, all different and all different sizes. I was offered chemo and took it. Several years later I had to have SBRT to zap the staple line of that removal. The chemo didn't work. It was cisplatin and navelbine.
Please, please make that call for a second opinion. I hope that you will get back to us and let us know how you fare! We are a small close group and welcome you with open arms. Each of us has our own story, some with more complications. You are always welcome here and I am glad that you found us. How else can we support you?
Welcome catlover. Don't worry about not being a patient neither am I. I live in New England and use Mass General.
I personally think that you need a second opinion with another oncologist. Unless your Dr. Is afraid that SBRT isn't recommend because it's too close to another organ.
Can you get an honest answer from him why he's made that decision?