This helps tremendously. I wish I could go to the Mayo Clinic but I don't have the kind of insurance that would allow me to do so. I live in Atlanta with a lot of great hospitals and doctors. I believe the doctor they referred me to is a good one but probably not the best. And yes, he is a surgical oncologist. I have gotten a lot of references from friends and from friend's doctors which has been great but their advice is to first go to the one who I have been referred to first and if I am unhappy then to go after another top doc.

They haven't told me what procedures I am booked for on this first visit. So far I've had an ultrasound and the ROMA blood test. I thought they couldn't do a biopsy on a cervical mass as it may cause it to spread?

I appreciate all your help. It's the waiting and not knowing that is driving me mad.