Your self advocacy is greatly admired. Compassion and understanding from health care providers is healing in itself. I have found that at MSKCC, compassion seems to be a feature of care. It may have something to do with being an institution devoted to cancer care, but I get positive energy just from going there. It seems to start when you go in the door, all levels of individuals in the center. Regardless of the outcome, I find the compassionate treatment is one of my blessings in life.