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MD Anderson is an incredible place.
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:04 pm
Went there this week with my wife. It’s a HUGE complex with multiple towers. Bigger than any hospital in Louisiana by far, and it’s 100% dedicated to cancer. Talked to several folks who had come there for treatment from Tennessee, Florida, and Idaho. It works like a well oiled machine. Multiple people on every floor just to tell you where to go. Nurses are the best I have encountered anywhere. God bless this place.
(Our CT today took a few hours because one of their machines was down. They were very apologetic
(Our CT today took a few hours because one of their machines was down. They were very apologetic
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:05 pm to Slippy
Yes it’s a great place for sure.
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:09 pm to Slippy
Even better if the place has to shut down because we finally cured cancer.
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:12 pm to Slippy
It is an amazing place for sure. I have occasional to stay at a hotel nearby on occasion and the whole hotel is typically filled with medical professionals. There are whole neighborhoods of doctors in the area coming from around the world to work there.
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:13 pm to Slippy
Felt the same way when I went to (and toured) St. Jude Hospital in Memphis and did the fund raising run. It was an awesome place. And when you do any of the runs, the course takes you through the main campus and a lot of the kids/patients and their families are lining the streets and cheering and giving high fives and shite.
It was a fricking incredible feeling and gave you tons of energy from feeding off their energy. It was really cool.
It was a fricking incredible feeling and gave you tons of energy from feeding off their energy. It was really cool.
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:16 pm to Slippy
Going there makes you realize how big cancer is and it’s very humbling. You see people all walks of life. I’ve had several conversations with complete strangers while waiting. It’s a blessing to have such a great place for those seeking treatment
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:16 pm to Slippy
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MD Anderson is an incredible place.
I hope I never find out
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:17 pm to Slippy
As a random aside, it’s one of the saddest self reflections when you become familiar enough to navigate these large complexes. 
No one can really understand it till they had to go through that.
I about cried that last time alone in the elevator, *knowing* it was the last time.
No one can really understand it till they had to go through that.
I about cried that last time alone in the elevator, *knowing* it was the last time.
This post was edited on 11/4/26 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:18 pm to Slippy
Hope your wife makes full recovery.
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:20 pm to East Coast Band
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Even better if the place has to shut down because we finally cured cancer.
That'd be great, but there's too much money in the treatment.
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:21 pm to Germantiger001
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Going there makes you realize how big cancer is and it’s very humbling. You see people all walks of life.
Truth…cancer doesn’t give a damn who you are.
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:21 pm to Slippy
We went there for a second opinion several years ago when my wife was battling C for the second time. I agree with all that you noted.
The doctor that we saw was a pretty big letdown. I’ll just leave it at that.
The doctor that we saw was a pretty big letdown. I’ll just leave it at that.
Posted on 11/4/26 at 10:38 pm to Slippy
I went there every 8 weeks for 27 months with my wife until she passed.
I've been all over that place. It's good. It's also absolutely dominated by DEI staff, Doctors and management.
I recall often being in this clinic or that watching the people work and going in and out all around. In every instance, it was rare to see a white person. Never a white male. The rare white person sighting most often seemed to be a woman just passing through.
I have nothing against people with dark skin. My problem is all of the likely more qualified people being not even considered because of the color of their skin.
It is a great facility and impressively run but look beneath the surface and you wonder if you really are getting the level of care that is advertised.
I think not.
But oh well, does it really matter if you're terminal?
I've been all over that place. It's good. It's also absolutely dominated by DEI staff, Doctors and management.
I recall often being in this clinic or that watching the people work and going in and out all around. In every instance, it was rare to see a white person. Never a white male. The rare white person sighting most often seemed to be a woman just passing through.
I have nothing against people with dark skin. My problem is all of the likely more qualified people being not even considered because of the color of their skin.
It is a great facility and impressively run but look beneath the surface and you wonder if you really are getting the level of care that is advertised.
I think not.
But oh well, does it really matter if you're terminal?
Posted on 11/4/26 at 11:30 pm to Slippy
My MIL got a tumor the size of a grapefruit in her lung. Local hospital wanted to treat it. My wife said nope and was on the phone for a week making calls/lobbying to get her into MDA. She got her in two weeks after the diagnosis. Went and stayed at the Westin for a couple months with aggressive modern medicine attacking the tumor. Did the high risk life threatening surgery a few months later and she survived. No way she would have survived if she tried radiation at the local hospital. Today she is cancer free.
I occasionally hear a story that goes similar to this:
-Person gets diagnosed with cancer
-Local hospital convinces said patient that they can help
-They make an attempt(s) and fail
-They say oh well go to MDA
-Patient goes to MDA and they basically say in the most tactful way possible that we wish you would have come earlier. Its too late.
-Patient dies
My wife said it best. When it comes to stage III cancer you don't want to be dealing with JazzFest doctors. You want to go to see a doctor who is so smart that he/she is incapable of relating to the common man. The doctor's life is dedicated to a cause.
The JazzFest doctors, many of whom I know and are friends with are smart guys but are a doctor because it pays well, they like it overall, and they have the brains for it. They are annually getting sloshed on an Mardi Gras float, they don't schedule appointments or surgeries in the afternoon during Jazzfest. They are involved with kids activities, go to social events, games, hunting, fishing, etc. Smart guys, personable, and fun to be around. Overall a great doctor but a doctor who has a busy life outside of it. Another big issue is simply the infrastructure/facilities itself.
I did not meet the MDA doctors, but from what my wife described, they were all high IQ introverts focused on their research and improving their skills. They don't have much of a life outside of the medical field. That's a great thing when cancer is involved.
MIL would not be with us today if she did not go to MDA immediately after the diagnosis.
I occasionally hear a story that goes similar to this:
-Person gets diagnosed with cancer
-Local hospital convinces said patient that they can help
-They make an attempt(s) and fail
-They say oh well go to MDA
-Patient goes to MDA and they basically say in the most tactful way possible that we wish you would have come earlier. Its too late.
-Patient dies
My wife said it best. When it comes to stage III cancer you don't want to be dealing with JazzFest doctors. You want to go to see a doctor who is so smart that he/she is incapable of relating to the common man. The doctor's life is dedicated to a cause.
The JazzFest doctors, many of whom I know and are friends with are smart guys but are a doctor because it pays well, they like it overall, and they have the brains for it. They are annually getting sloshed on an Mardi Gras float, they don't schedule appointments or surgeries in the afternoon during Jazzfest. They are involved with kids activities, go to social events, games, hunting, fishing, etc. Smart guys, personable, and fun to be around. Overall a great doctor but a doctor who has a busy life outside of it. Another big issue is simply the infrastructure/facilities itself.
I did not meet the MDA doctors, but from what my wife described, they were all high IQ introverts focused on their research and improving their skills. They don't have much of a life outside of the medical field. That's a great thing when cancer is involved.
MIL would not be with us today if she did not go to MDA immediately after the diagnosis.
Posted on 11/4/26 at 11:52 pm to Slippy
Thankfully, I've never had to experience it as a patient or a loved one of a patient. I've had several friends who have, and they always say the very best things I've had friends who have been at MD Anderson from out of town and I visited, and what I've seen has been amazing .
That interaction, how everybody treats you as you walk through the hospital, the personal touch, is amazing.
But I've gone behind the scenes as part of my job with the county. It is overwhelming: the experience, the operational scale, the attention to detail they pay to the PAT, their explanations of why, and the effort they put into it.
And the behind-the-scenes people are just as nice as everybody walking around in public.
It's a ministry to them; I mean, they know they're saving lives, and everybody up there sees that as the mission.
Amazing people
That interaction, how everybody treats you as you walk through the hospital, the personal touch, is amazing.
But I've gone behind the scenes as part of my job with the county. It is overwhelming: the experience, the operational scale, the attention to detail they pay to the PAT, their explanations of why, and the effort they put into it.
And the behind-the-scenes people are just as nice as everybody walking around in public.
It's a ministry to them; I mean, they know they're saving lives, and everybody up there sees that as the mission.
Amazing people
Posted on 11/5/26 at 12:38 am to Slippy
If you are at M D Anderson you are in one of the best places. While I can not qualify their surgical side as that was a done elsewhere, their drug pipeline and therapies are probably Top 5 in the USA. Two family members went there and both got at least another decade than almost anybody else in the world.
Posted on 11/5/26 at 12:48 am to Mariner
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I did not meet the MDA doctors, but from what my wife described, they were all high IQ introverts focused on their research and improving their skills. They don't have much of a life outside of the medical field.
Never thought of it that way but she described it perfectly!
For us the surgical doctors were at a different institution in another state and those folks were the most humble in my life. Everything tied to it is geared to the patient from facilities, to staff, to supporting people in the city. This was in the late 90's and they passed into the 2010's. When they passed they were one of the longest terminal brain tumor survivors at that time (like top 1% to 3% in survival numbers).
Being a at top cancer in most any state is not near as impressive as they are hyped to be. Most just do not have the day to day experience at a Top 25 in the USA, much less aTop 5.
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