Mel,
I've said it before and I'll continue to say it over, and over:
Communication on a comfortable level with your doc(s) is the first,
most important major step to getting good health care.The second-most, is having your docs communicate with one another on a frequent and useful level. These two things will guarantee that the least amount of foul-ups and mis-treatments will occur in your health care.
There, I've said it again!