Most men do not ope up on their thoughts and fears on anything and even less so when diagnosed with Cancer.
Some, most?, doctors work with this shortcoming when giving a Cancer diagnosis to men. Honestly I do not understand this, from the doctors that is.
The only way to make an informed decision is to be fully informed on what options are, what those options include – both good and bad, and understand the issues of treatments.
Doctors by there very nature want to help and heal their patients. To do this they do try to get the patient on board with the actions they need to take to help. Along the way doctors are the experts and mostly the patient is of much lesser knowledge.
The crux of the problem is how to bring the patient to understand. The doctor has seen all this before, explained it before, and feel the patient understands. So how do they react with the next patient? They do what feels right based on the connection they have with the patient. Unfortunately some loose sight of that connection, while others redouble their efforts to connect. Physician know your patient is the mantra. And there is even a medical study, Doctor of Osteopathy, that follows that.
What I do, however is get to know my doctors. Or at least the ones that can have my life in their hands with my Cancer. So far they do the same in return. Doctors after all are human and need connections.
My Odyssey with Cancers 