IN THE SUMMER OF 2018, I LOOKED FOR WHAT SEEMED A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO DEAL WITH A TERRIBLE BASAL CELL CARCINOMA THAT BASICALLY RUINED MY FACE DUE TO MY SEIZURE MEDICATION BEING HARD ON ME AND NOT BEING ABLE TO REALIZE HOW SEVERE THINGS HAD GOTTEN.
I SEARCHED FOR A DOCTOR WHOM I FELT I COULD TRUST AND WOULD HAVE MY BEST INTEREST AT HEART AND NOT TREAT ME AS A (NUMBER).
THAT PHYSICIAN WAS (DR Z) ... A HIGHLY QUALIFIED PRACTITIONER HERE IN OUR TWIN CITIES METRO AREA THAT BASED UPON HIS EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION, WAS ABLE TO WITHIN THE FIRST 15 MINUTES OF OUR CONSULTATION, KNOW WHAT TO DO.
DR Z IS A LASER SURGERY EXPERT AND TOLD ME THAT IT WAS IN MY BEST INTEREST TO SPEAK WITH ONE OF HIS COLLEAGUES WHO SPECIALIZES IN (MOHS) SURGERY AS WELL AS RECONSTRUCTION.
TO BE HONEST, WITH ALL THE DOCTORS HERE IN MINNESOTA, WITHOUT THE RECOMMENDATION OF DR Z, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE THROWING A DART INTO A DARTBOARD FOR ME TO KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN TO IN PICKING SOMEONE TO ADVISE ME FOR TREATMENT.
I HAD SOUGHT SURGERY YEARS BEFORE BUT, I WAS ONE OF THE UNLUCKY ONES AND THE FACIAL CANCER CAME BACK. SOMETIMES CANCER CAN COME BACK WORSE THAN THE 1ST TIME AND THIS ONE DID FOR ME...
YOU HEAR AND READ STORIES ACROSS THE GLOBE ABOUT HOW POORLY PEOPLE ARE TREATED WHEN IT COMES TO CANCER.
IN MINNESOTA, WE SEEM TO HAVE A CYCLE OF PRACTITIONERS EDUCATED AT MAYO OR WORKING AT HCMC AND THE PARK NICOLETT SYSTEMS THAT STILL HOLD DEAR TO THEIR HIPPOCRATIC OATH AND CONTINUE TO PAY FORWARD TO THEIR PATIENTS THE BROTHERHOOD OF CAREGIVERS THAT MINNESOTANS HAVE COME TO DEPEND UPON FOR GENERATIONS OF LIFE AND WELL BEING.
IT IS A SCARY THING FOR ME TO THINK ABOUT DRUGS OR SURGERY BECAUSE I SEEM TO BE QUITE SENSITIVE TO BOTH. BUT, I EAT PRETTY WELL AND USUALLY HEAL QUICKLY.
WITH THIS NEW TREATMENT AND (DOCTOR PETE),
I AM HOPING TO BE ABLE TO ONE DAY LOOK IN THE MIRROR AGAIN AND FEEL THAT I STILL RESEMBLE MY SWEDISH GRAMPA WHICH IS A LEGACY I HAD ALWAYS BEEN PROUD TO HAVE.
AS OF LATE, MY GUESS IS THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN FEELING ALL THAT NICE ...
