(June 27, 2021, 2:02 am)
I want to be very specific, since this is a group practice and there are a different physicians and different office staff members. My specific note is addressed directly to Dr. Melanie Nathan, who examined me on March 1, 2021, when I thought I had a simple UTI. I have been treated previously by urologists, and the symptoms were very similar During that time period, it was difficult to see doctors personally because of Covid. Dr. Nathan agreed to see me personally to assuage my fears, and make sure I was on the correct antibiotic if it was a simple UTI. I can prove with documentation, several test results, and her referral of me immediately to Dr. Whitfield Board Growdon, a leader in gynecological surgical oncology at Mass General Hospital in Boston that Dr. Melanie Nathan SAVED MY LIFE. Her professionalism, acute diagnostic skills, willingness to perform an endometrial biopsy immediately instead of having me schedule another appointment, her honesty with what she suspected could be wrong, her calm demeanor assuring me that she with her staff would set up a consultation with Dr. Growdon for me, her calling me personally after her office hours to check on me since she empathically knew that thinking you have a UTI to now thinking you might have cancer is an emotional shock to anyone. It was especially devastating to me because my husband had just been diagnosed with inoperable cholangiocarcinoma and I was planning to be HIS caretaker.
My rare uterine carcinosarcoma ,(Stage 3 C 1)astutely diagnosed by Dr. Melanie Nathan, who moved very quickly so that Dr. Growdon could perform a total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy had already invaded 20mm of my 22mm myometrium . I am now receiving adjuvant chemotherapy and later will receive radiation therapy and brachytherapy. I’m alive because Dr. Melanie Nathan agreed to physically examine me during Covid-19 when my symptoms were very mild and mimicked a common UTI. I’m alive because Dr. Melanie Nathan acted immediately on her professional wisdom and knowledge and didn’t put off being honest with me even though she knew about my husband’s terminal cancer.
I can’t speak about any of the other physicians in this practice, but having been a veteran teacher of 47 years, I unequivocally give Dr. Melanie Nathan a 5 star A+ rating.
Sincerely,
Jane Lawton Ellis
