Sweetie, I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I've been through 2 rounds of cancer, so I KNOW when something is wrong with me...lol...I totally agree people need to be proactive and not take everything at face value. I went home with an ALS diagnosis and spent the next 2 days signing living wills and advanced directives and looking into wheelchairs and home health care. My son was in kindergarten, and I was determined to live, if not for me, then for him. Especially us women, I've had afew docs that brushed off symptoms and told me it was " hormones"... That's how my first cancer was missed. We need to fight, and advocate, and not shut up!!!