Dr. Douglas Francis Ciuba, MD

I'm sure Dr Ciuba remembers me quite well, Mr Mark Stevens, I am probably thee most stubborn patient he ever experienced, we were both middle aged in 2010, i had my ways of treatment in mind, and He had his, But together we were able to connect , get along with me as a person , (which is very hard to do) he didn't agree with my choices, not in the least, and maintained a professional personal relationship with myself that was 5 stars above anyone in the medical field, he let me choose only his radiation plan with slight mods on my end , and bypass another doctor tidwell in chemotherapy , and I had elected not to do the chemotherapy ,as It was my choice and he didn't like it not in the least , however he also didn't scald me like a little child for not electing to be chemically poisoned from the inside out, I had my way of treatment , For which working along with Dr Ciuba's , providing me with answers & help, his view points of treatment of scaimious cell carcinoma, affecting my… lower jaw bone and inner mouth region ,(Head Cancer) While other doctors told me personally if i didn't follow their procedure that most likely would not survive 3 years time, never less i demanded that i follow a homeopathic treatment plan that myself created on my own, and Dr Ciuba followed along with me even thou i never told him my plan of actions , or what the plan was, and out of curiosity, i'm sure he wanted despicably to ask , but he never did ask, He regarded my choices to follow my own pathway, he did however work with me to proceed with the radiation , at my request , at shorter times periods and the lower amounts of radiation than what he wanted prescribed, well even thou my plan worked, 10 years later i'm writing this now , I believe it is true today, without Dr Ciuba's willingness to work with me , my chances possibly might have been less, even thou i'm sure he remembers this famous line i used to say to him "Doc i just don't think sticking my head in a microwave, you slamming the door shut and pushing the start button is going to help me at all" well now i will say , it possibly did help a little , however even to this day 10 years later, i simply refuse to go to any other doctors to find out for sure, as when i try to explain to them the story ,they look at me as i'm a idiot and smirk at me behind my back , simply because i choose not to or didn't wish to pursue the there traditional pathway of medieval torturous death, I commend Dr Ciuba for his ability to see that i was determined , and supported me the best way he could, Thanks Doc ! apparently something worked , mine , yours, or both together , we made it , and Mark Stevens 10 years later is around to say this , again Thanks Doc your the best !