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Treatment Options => Radiation / Radiosurgery => Topic started by: carter on January 06, 2009, 03:37:58 pm

Title: time span from consutation to ck?
Post by: carter on January 06, 2009, 03:37:58 pm

May i ask how long of time past from your consultation /agreement to proceed with CK until you had the proceedures scheduled?   From scheduling , what was the time span until they were started?

thanks
carter

Title: Re: time span from consutation to ck?
Post by: Sheryl on January 06, 2009, 06:23:59 pm

In my husband's case, it took him 9 months to decide on which treatment and then only 2-1/2 weeks to CK - a week before treatment, he did have to be set up with mask and MRI scan, etc.

Title: Re: time span from consutation to ck?
Post by: goinbatty on January 06, 2009, 09:49:01 pm

I went out of state for treatment so the interval from consultation to treatment was a bit different I imagine.  I live in the south and went to DC.  Consultations were in mid 11/07 and treatment 1/08.  I was told it would take at least 3 weeks for planning but waited until after the holidays to make the trip. 
Sandra

Title: Re: time span from consutation to ck?
Post by: sgerrard on January 06, 2009, 09:59:18 pm

I did CK at Stanford, which is out of state for me. At the time of verbal agreement, we scheduled it about 1 month ahead. It took maybe 10 days to get the insurance squared away, then I booked the flight.

Steve

Title: Re: time span from consutation to ck?
Post by: Tumbleweed on January 06, 2009, 10:11:53 pm

When my first followup MRI in watch and wait mode showed my tumor had grown quickly, I scheduled CK for about six or seven weeks later (at Stanford). I could've gotten in within two weeks, I was told, but had business affairs to deal with that prompted me to put it off.

Best wishes,
Tumbleweed

Title: Re: time span from consutation to ck?
Post by: Tisha on January 07, 2009, 04:20:04 am

Mine is the same as Steves.  After I agreed, I waited until insurance was on board which took less than a week.  I could have had it done in 2 weeks, but opted for a month due to the past holidays. 

Tisha

Title: Re: time span from consutation to ck?
Post by: ppearl214 on January 07, 2009, 06:53:15 am

Like Sheryl... I made my decision, we confirmed insurance coverage same week and was booked for CK approx 2-3 wks later. Hardly had time to let it sink in that my decision process was done.

Phyl

Title: Re: time span from consutation to ck?
Post by: carter on January 07, 2009, 08:31:56 pm

i asked this as i was still waitign to get mine schedlueld after 30 days.   it is now set ...  wow it is about time for the next step

Title: Re: time span from consutation to ck?
Post by: Tumbleweed on January 08, 2009, 08:41:04 pm

Congratulations, Carter. You'll be happy once treatment is finished. The hardest part for me (emotionally, not physically) was deciding on treatment -- what type, when and where -- and going through the treatments. After that, I felt like I had a weight taken off my shoulders.

Best wishes,
Tumbleweed