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- August 31, 2012 at 1:20 pm
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mama1960
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Well, I saw the surgeon yesterday regarding node dissection surgery….no doctor in Abilene, Tx has ever done it. So the oncologist is trying to find out where I need to go. Possible Dallas/Ft. Worth, possible MD Anderson. More headaches either way. I feel like there are so many different things to worry about, I don't even know what to focus on. There is the expense end of everything. How long will I be out of work? I only have 10 days paid. How much money will hospital and surgeon want up front? The actual surgery, recovery, pain, etc. Then after all that, radiation.

Well, I saw the surgeon yesterday regarding node dissection surgery….no doctor in Abilene, Tx has ever done it. So the oncologist is trying to find out where I need to go. Possible Dallas/Ft. Worth, possible MD Anderson. More headaches either way. I feel like there are so many different things to worry about, I don't even know what to focus on. There is the expense end of everything. How long will I be out of work? I only have 10 days paid. How much money will hospital and surgeon want up front? The actual surgery, recovery, pain, etc. Then after all that, radiation.

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