On Sep 3, 7:40 am, Bill <zeros...@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
> Lot's of talk but I don't recall anyone ever being treated by any of > the so-called med-onc artists.
> If so, what was your experience, outcome?
> Bill/Memphis
Bill...There are a number of people over on the PPML who have been or are being treated by Drs. Myers and Strum. You might want to subscribe and post your question there. If interested, use the following link to go to the PPML Home Page. Once there, you'll see information and links that will allow you to join the List.
> On Sep 3, 7:40 am, Bill <zeros...@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
> > Lot's of talk but I don't recall anyone ever being treated by any of > > the so-called med-onc artists.
> > If so, what was your experience, outcome?
> > Bill/Memphis
> Bill...There are a number of people over on the PPML who have been or > are being treated by Drs. Myers and Strum. You might want to > subscribe and post your question there. If interested, use the > following link to go to the PPML Home Page. Once there, you'll see > information and links that will allow you to join the List.
Here is one. The best outcome so far is that I know that my Dr. (Myers) follows me closely. He is not cramming patients in to maximize insurance reimbursement since he takes no insurance or Medicare. His time is my time. He has contacted me four times in 18 months with changes he wishes due to the monthly testing he follows. This relieves me of any concern about quality of care. My uro is a fine doctor and diagnosed me correctly from the git-go but he is a surgeon first. Between visits with him his attention is elsewhere. No doctor has magic fairy dust.
> Lot's of talk but I don't recall anyone ever being treated by any of > the so-called med-onc artists.
> If so, what was your experience, outcome?
A friend of mine with terminal PCa was treated by Dr. Myers. His cancer wasn't discovered and treated until his PSA was 500. His urologist put him on Lupron and, when that failed a year later, my friend sought out Dr. Myers.
I never met Dr. Myers but my friend told me about his treatments. What was unusual, in comparison to what I've heard about other medical oncologists, was the number of different treatments he tried. I know he tried at various times all of the following treatments:
Myers monitored him and varied the treatments based on the response. For example, when my friend had a positive response to Revlimid but had dangerous looking white blood counts, Myers changed the dosage to give smaller doses more frequently to see if he could get around the problems.
Eventually, he ran out of options. My friend then tried chemotherapy with another oncologist (I don't know if Dr. Myers doesn't do chemo or what), but it didn't work and he's in hospice care now.
No one knows how well my friend would have done with another doctor. But if I had to guess, I'd guess that Myers gave him an extra year or more that he wouldn't have gotten otherwise.
