Although I have no research to back me up, I remember the day I heard I had cancer, and I'd venture to say that we don't even hear half of what the doctors tell us after we hear the word "CANCER."
It's been my experience as a pediatrician that whenever I tell a parent something upsetting, they will often ask me something I just finished explaining to them. Not only do they need reinforcement of the information, but even as they ask and I answer, I can tell that their minds are spinning with the next question and they're only half concentrating on my answer.
That's one of the reasons we need caring and supportive specialists who take the time to talk with us, not at us. The prima donnas who breeze in and out of the room before you can even think won't do.
-Warren
TaG3 + CIS 12/2000. TURB + Mitomycin C (No BCG)
Urethral stricture, urethroplasty 10/2009
CIS 11/2010 treated with BCG. CIS 5/2012 treated with BCG/interferon
T1G3 1/2013. Radical Cystectomy 3/5/2013, No invasive cancer. CIS in right ureter.
Incontinent. AUS implant 2/2014. AUS explant 5/2014
Pediatrician