Re: hey ectomy girls, adrenal tumor

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Kristi wrote:

....I still had the right as a patient to know I had a tumor on my adrenal gland. ...

I am not one to promote that any of the doctors are gods, and I also

think there are more good surgeons and GIs for achalasia than one may

think from reading messages from this group. I noticed that a negative

message about Dr. Patti went without comment. None of the doctors are

perfect. One can only make a good guess as to which doctor to go to.

Any of the doctors that are often mentioned here would probably be a

good guess for who would do a good job, but there are no guarantees.

As to the adrenal tumor. You didn't give specifics, but what I

understand, from looking into this a year ago, is that the typical

adrenal adenoma is often not considered a big deal unless the patient

shows some signs of adrenal dysfunction or the mass is over 3cm. I was

told that one in 10,000 is malignant, and world wide there has never

been a malignant one under 4cm. So, IF your "tumor" was

consistent with a benign adenoma I can understand your surgeon not

being interested in it. I would hope it would be noted in reports to

your other doctors though. Your urologist or endocrinologist would be

interested in it and if it grows over 4cm a surgeon would be interested

in it. Just my understanding though, which could be wrong.

.... A highly trained surgeon also knows better than to give someone versed if they are allergic to it. ...

What did he say, "Oops"?

notan