Your doctor doesn’t know everything. This might be a news flash to some of you as you are being diagnosed with cancer. This is not to say that your doctor is wrong about what they are seeing. That would be far from the truth but your doctor is human and they do make mistakes. That’s why if you have cancer you must not take everything they say right to heart. If you have just been told you have cancer then here are just a few of the things you should do right off the bat to start dealing with the disease.
The first thing to do is take a few minutes to process exactly what has just happened with your friends and family. They are going to be your rock and your support team throughout the whole ordeal. Don’t let yourself think you can do it all by yourself. You will need to the help of others if you plan to make it through it. The best thing you can do is take some time to talk to them and feel their love and support.
The next thing you need to do is to go get yourself a second opinion. The doctor will tell you it’s ok to seek out another opinion but make sure you seek it out at another hospital. There may be staff there who wouldn’t want to second guess one of their own doctors. Go somewhere else and have the information and test results forwarded to the other office. See what that doctor says. See if it matches up. If it does then there should be no doubt in your mind. If there isn’t then you know that you need a third opinion. Take the right approach from the beginning and you can be sure the rest of the journey is a lot easier.