Letting the experts decide? (conclusion)

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Letting the experts decide? (conclusion)
LETTING THE EXPERTS DECIDE? (CONCLUSION)
Of course, not all doctors and ofher practitioners who treat cancer are as black as I have painted. I hope that your practitioners combine the best of modern scientific medicine with the art of healing. I hope they take as much care in finding out how you are feeling and what life is like for you as they do in arranging and assessing tests. I hope your practitioners place as much, or more, importance on the quality of your life as they do on its length. I hope they treat you as a whole person who happens to have cancer and not just as a cancer with a body wrapped around it!
If you don't have this kind of practitioner, life is going to be difficult for you. Those practitioners who are least likely to make the best decisions for you are also the most difficult to get enough information from to make your own decisions. Switch to another practitioner, if possible. If not, you may have to seek information from other sources such as other practitioners, nurses, other hospital staff, books, other patients, and friends. If you make a decision that does not follow such a practitioner's recommendation, be prepared to be told by them that you are foolish, ignorant and incapable of properly assessing the situation. Trust your own judgement and commonsense. Don't be intimidated or cajoled into giving away control of what happens to your own body. Remember, you are the world's greatest expert on yourself. Nobody else knows how you feel inside and what is important for you. This personal knowledge is of vital importance when it comes to deciding on treatment that could totally alter your life.
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