To me this whole thing is quite interesting. I wasn’t sure how to get this whole thing in motion because you have different doctors doing different sections and I first scheduled with a breast surgeon… She happen to be in the same practice as the person that I’m going to use… Not only was she rude and a bit crude, but she never mentioned having an MRI and she also told me that I’d have to go for a stress test before the surgery. There were other differences too but these kind of come to mind right now. Actually I was quite pleased that the second surgeon mention this because if they get in and find cancer and they’ve taken the breasts then we have a whole other bad thing to deal with. I’ve had breast MRIs before ( unfortunately both of them said that my cancer was benign and it was invasive so I’m not really to trusting of radiologists and MRIs). The second surgeon was very good at explaining the different scenarios and I do think it is wise to get the MRI. I’m very hopeful that there is no cancer left in my breasts. But it will save me a lot of anguish and physical and mental stress in the long run. I think I don’t get that the first surgeon was certainly a negative person in my view and I do feel sorry for the people that don’t move on when they get treated like that. The second surgeon was just so clear on everything and I think she pointed out all the scenarios and the first one didn’t. The first one also said that I was not a candidate for a certain type of reconstruction because I was too old and the plastic surgeon said no problem. The first surgeon had a plastic surgeon that she worked hand-in-hand with and sent her people to and I had been to a lecture by the second plastic surgeon and that’s who I wanted to go with. I felt that I was being bullied by the first surgeon. I felt that the first surgeon was going to set me up for the easiest surgery for her to do and then pass me on to her plastic surgeon for him to do the easiest reconstruction possible. It is unfortunate that doctors are like this and seem to take advantage of the patients’ fears. I guess my advice to anyone would be to get a second opinion no matter what, just for this reason. But I really did think it was very interesting that The second surgeon suggested the MRI and I certainly will get it.