Our GP, Miguel Culasso has always been a stickler for blood work... a couple of times a year. He was the one who saved Dom's life. He saw something weird and that nipped the MM in the bud.
PLEASE.... insist on constant readings, folks!
Many patients with less common cancers are referred to a specialist for diagnosis only after three or more trips to their family doctor, a study has found.
Those with multiple myeloma, pancreatic, stomach and ovarian cancer – which each have fewer than 10,000 victims a year – are most likely to need several GP visits before a hospital referral.
These are the so-called ‘Cinderella cancers’, regarded as the poor relation in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2105607/Cinderella-cancers-doctors-miss-Multiple-visits-GP-needed-proper-diagnosis.html#ixzz1nGtg4LCO
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I would say our GPs are really good but I had about five visits and saw two physios before being referred.
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