Hi Seathink , When I just read your post I was shaking my head . I too am having bad experience after bad experience , with the oncologist not providing any help to me at all . She has not guided me on the thoracentesis appts , left it all up to me . Then after 4 calls , 4 days in a row , just to get booked in with them , so I can BREATHE , a new oncol is on the scene , and books me in at the other downtown area hospital , at the very opposite end of the county , and 1/2 hour appt time is overlapping !!!!! If these people cannot even get appts right why the heck do i want cancer care from them ??? Esp stage 4 !! It's so degrading , when I point this out to me , they offer another 3d day in a row , instead of picking either the 1st or 2nd day at either hospital , while I am already THERE . Arrrggggg. Not like we ever get around to the CANCER part of my treatment . Just so LAME , and unprofessional , to say the least . They have also given incorrect advice on B12 amounts to take ( huge overdose ) which I caught , have prescribed for a tiny bit of osteoporosis an "end stage renal failure calcium" prescription ( DON'T HAVE THAT LUCKILY ) which I did NOT take , etc etc etc . The nightmare continues ! I am losing my mind with their missteps , so dangerous and continual . How can I ever focus on getting better , with the endless constant STRESS they cause ? Just thought you maybe could relate with all this nonsense, and I wish you the very best for improvement . HUGS .