what kind of doctor is this

shukudai

My father, 82, had a gastrectomy last year and was too weak for preventive chemo. Now he is stronger, has put on weight and has been feeling better since May. His recent blood test was OK, but the doctor says that anyway, "as we knew" (!), the cancer had spread and suspects that something is wrong in the patient's urine bladder - she even mentioned palliative chemo.

Well, this doctor is a new one. We didn't know that the cancer had spread - just that there was a risk that some tumour cells might not have been eliminated, but that was just a suspicion. The tests were fine three months after that.

And how could she speak about palliative chemo so bluntly? Besides, is it normal to think about that when the blood test is fine and the patient feels better?

She added that an urologist should see him in a couple of weeks. But there's a group of oncologists that will take a decision on what to do next week. If no one knows yet what's going on in the urine bladder, how can they take a decision?

I don't think that doctor is doing her work as she should.