What a Day

Radiation Dr Richard Yeo... a nice dr... referred us to a ortho dr to see whether can my mum go for op to remove the tumour at the spine...

So today we went to see the ortho dr... but to my dismay... he cause more harm than good.... first of all...he was not at all tactful in his words... instead of hearing what we have to say.... he just spoke directly to my mum in mandarin.... saying "auntie, your breast ca has spread to the bones, operation also cannot help much"..... ya ya...this we know...do you need to stress this to the patient upfront???? Second.... he just plainly told us that operation is not viable... radiation is a easier way..... Third.... he just send us out in less than 5 mins of consultation....

I really believe its your fortune to be care by a good dr... a caring and nice dr... its a god send gift for cancer patients and their family....

So I called the clinic to check whether can we see Dr Yeo the next earliest time.... dr yeo is nice to be able to slot us in tml at 2pm....

Went to NCC oncology imaging to collect the burnt CD rom for the CT and MRI softcopy to let Dr Khoo has a view of it... cost $100.... and went over to print the actual report...

I got a shock... the report shows suspicious lesion over at the lungs.... Dr Yeo did told us he saw a small white spot at the lings when he viewed the scans in the computer when the report was not out yet.... he says its too small to be conclusive... so we hoping its nothing....

Mum asked me abt the lungs lesion in the report.... I cant bring myself to say anything... i just told her its not conclusive.... should ask dr khoo when we see him later.... but inside me....my heart totally sank.... one bad news is enuff....a second one within a week is really too much for us to handle....

I dont know whether its god will or wat.... dr khoo was unable to retrieve the image on the lungs (other parts were ok).... but he read the report from NCC and explained to me that the spot was not big enuff for them to conclude anything... and he will try to retrieve the image again.... but asked us to go ahead to do radiation to relieve the pressure that is pressing on the nerves causing the pain over a the side of the abodmen... mum lose sleep for nearly 2 months due to this pain....

I guess god feels we have too much of bad news.... so dr khoo is not able to see the image and cant tell us the confirmed news yet.... at least we have a break of 2 weeks (mum needs to have radiation for abt 12 days or so)...

The care from dr khoo is really appreciated.... but the cost is really too high for us if my mum needs long chemo treatment... so im thinking to transfer my mum to ncc for chemo.... but im worried whether the ncc dr my mum assigned to is as nice as dr khoo or not... i wonder can we have consultation with dr khoo and have his opinions conveyed to the dr at ncc and have the treatment there.... but i guess its not quite possible.... would dr khoo only to provide advise to us? would the ncc dr listen to what the other dr has to say? wouldnt it be irrespectful for the ncc dr? i dont know... I wish my mum can continue to be care by dr knoo but the cost is really quite high....

In the first place we wouldnt have gone to a private dr if the dr at ttsh refuse to administer chemo to my mum when she had the chest wall recurrence.... my mum would not have the chance to have the chest wall resection if not for dr khoo...at least we are given a option and a chance for my mum to fight... and not to hear the ttsh dr plainly telling me he cant cure my mum...he will only give chemo when the cancer has spread to a organ.... its our luck to have meet this dr....