A change of scene
A while ago I asked to be referred to the Skin Oncology Service at Selly Oak. I’ve just receieved a letter telling me I have been booked into the dermatology department at Selly Oak (ok it’s an actual factual skin clinic … at last, something I’ve not had thus far … I know tell me about it) but I quote the “quick and early diagnosis” clinic, *sigh*, it’s good that a clinic like that exists.
In the very same building there’s a skin oncology department that does nothing other than skin cancer, that’s where I wanna be, I’ve been there for an opinion on lymph nodes, how difficult can it be to get the right clinic?
I can’t apportion blame to the folks on the ground, I’ve read paper after paper saying how under resourced dermatology is let alone skin oncology, so I can fully understand. You get tossed into this very inadequate setup that even the doctors complain about and it sucks more than the cancer does, why should the expereince be this negative?