jill's Cancer Blog
November 18, 2006
| Thanks Dr. Johs | Views: 3356 |
Thought I would spend a little more time today thanking the people who have helped me along the way. Dr. Johs was my surgeon, and the one who ended up telling my I had cancer. The day he told me I didn’t seem to be too emotional, think I was still in work mode and in a state of shock. When he called me with the lab results of the tumor the first thing he asked was if it was an okay time to talk. I said yes and he said are you sure. I knew that was not a good sign. He then told me he was surprised by my lab results and that they came back saying the tumor was malignant. I had never talk the cancer language before and I knew what malignant meant, but I needed him to say it, so I ask what does that mean. He then said I had cancer. We spoke briefly about next steps and I then made an appointment to go in and talk more in person. He was so amazing with the whole process. I liked him from the first surgery, but the care he took of me after being diagnosed with cancer was great. The next visit we had after being diagnosed, he called my mom in Minnesota and we put her on speaker phone so that she could help me digest everything. He sat with us for a long time answering all our questions and explained everything in more detail then he needed too. It helped me start to understand it all, my new world of having breast cancer.
If anyone is looking for the best surgeon out there I would highly recommend Dr. Johs. He can be reached at the Boulder Medical Center at 303-440-3000.
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