Gentlemen, thank you for the comments. My original post is not an indictment of the medical community or of the many well intentioned individuals involved in it. Modern medicine can do some wonderous things.
This entire cancer situation was precipitated by the need for cataract surgery. I knew I could not see. The opthomoligist took care of the problem. I have no complaint with the outcome. The problem arose when the lump was discovered prior to cataract surgery and I was told that until it was removed, cataract surgery could not take place.
So, to fix a known problem, I was required to submit to a surgery to correct a problem that I was not aware of. I did not feel sick. The lump caused no pain. I wonder how many people this sort of things happens to. Are we really sick if it takes a doctor to tell us we are?
So you had to have a lump in your back removed to get a cataract operated on?
Wait. Dude. What?
I think I would have found another doctor, but I don't know your situation and what's done is done.
My ex- had MS. From being with her for 10 years, I have seen my fill of dumbf#ckery from the medical industry.