Hello @colleenyoung

Thank you for your welcome, your encouragement, and your referral to others!

As for having a center that excels in cancer nearby, not really. I do have a couple of fine medical centers that I would have no reservations about going to for almost any other condition, but the dialogue surrounding the operation that is indicated for my condition was not reassuring. I'm confident that this is not a reflection on the medical center, but more an indication of how rare this particular type of tumor is - and how large mine has become. Thus my investigation into more specialized organizations (like the Mayo Clinic) and my curiosity with the process of evaluating surgeons.

You mentioned that some if not all of my questions could be answered prior to an appointment at Mayo. How exactly would one go about engaging the organization with those questions?

Thanks in advance.