Fortunately, my brother-in-law, Jon (married to my sister - Michele) works at The Cleveland Clinic. The Clinic is the #2 hospital in the USA....
Jon has been great and has spoken with colleagues about my condition and pulled strings to get me an appointment with the best docs.
Even though USCF has some of the best cancer facilities also, I feel that I will receive better care at the Clinic. It also makes more sense to be treated there since I have family that can care for me and transport me to my multiple appts, lab tests, CT scans, etc....
The docs at UCSF are recommending Chemo and the docs at the Clinic are recommending surgery.......
I'm still undecided but leaning towards surgery....
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Hey Ronnie -
Thinking of you in Beantown. You must be happy the Red Sox lost! That's something, right?
Ron,
We're all thinking about you down here in SB. Thanks for the blog and keeping us informed. You're going to have a wicked golf game when this is over.
Cheers,
Phil
Good luck with getting a better care at the Cleveland Clinic. I don't know where these ratings come from, but I was a patient at the Cleveland Clinic, and tell you what, they are big on budget. This will reflect on the patient care. In other words, if there is a cheaper alternative in treatment, this is what a patient is going to get. You hear this from the horse's mouth. First hand experience.
Besides, their "ratios" of caregivers-to-patient are below any standards. Which means if you press your "nurse's button", just get ready for a long wait, especially at the shift change time.
If you ask me, I'd rather go with the University Hospitals.
Good luck to you.
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