After hearing my final diagnosis "you have cancer", I went numb. My worst fears confirmed after burying my father 4 months earlier. I could not believe my ears. While I was sitting there trying to digest my reality, Dr. Alexander was explaining the next steps slowly, thoroughly, and carefully. Her explanations were not clinical, condescending or detached. Dr. Alexander spoke to me as if i were a personal friend and broke down very complex terms and procedures to a level i was completely able to digest. Although, while i watched and listened, feeling detached the whole time. I realized Dr. Alexander had already meticulously planned out every calculating step towards getting me cancer free. I had to deal with pulling myself together to tell everyone i know, she had already scheduled and planned the operation and preparing me for the next procedure. She told me this we were going to get through; my life was not going to end over this diagnosis. Before i even left the room it dawned on me that whatever she told me. I believe her 100% because she had been through this numerous times. Because of her responses and numerous pre-procedural steps and tests to confirm her diagnosis, i knew she was armed with every last ounce of detail to preform a successful operation. Even during the operation she took numerous biopsies of lymph nodes and other areas i cannot specifically recall so she could decide our next plan of strategic action against my cancer. So when people asked me if i wanted a second opinion about my diagnosis because they knew a great doctor, I confidently within the next breath said, " No thank you." because i believed in my own great doctor. Everyday i was in the hospital i was visited early by Dr. Alexander. Even on the weekend! She not only checked my chart to make sure everything was okay but she would also shoot the breeze with me. The other nurses and nurses' attendants spoke very highly of how well Dr. Alexander treats her patients.
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