Cancer Treatment

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54. That nurse is called an ombudsman, or maybe a patient advocate.

I had one as a breast cancer patient and she was invaluable. Your friend's hospital is acting very weird, so I'd def ask the advocate to keep an eye on them. I had BCBS and I never got shit like that from the hospital.

You are a great friend; one thing you can do for her is go with her to her appts and treatments and keep notes on them for her. She'll be too distracted to do it. I kept an Excel spreadsheet of every appt, where appt was, the doc's name, what was done, what doc said, etc. It was invaluable for when I was asked questions and had to come up with dates of treatment, who did treatment, etc.

Edit: Can you tell us how advanced her cancer is? I know they only stage it after surgery, but usually the x-ray/MRI/biopsy gives them a good idea of how big it is and if it has spread.