Questions for First Meeting with Oncologist

ClaCla

I have my first appointment with the Oncologist this morning.  Here's the final list of questions I'm taking to appointment.  I'm posting in case it's helpful to anyone else:

• Treatments
• Recommended treatments and why?  What specific drugs?
• How are treatments administered?
• How many treatments?  How long?
• Goal of treatments, i.e. control symptoms, cure or other?  Outcome to hope for, i.e. remission, NED, or cured?
• Pros & cons of these treatments?
• Are there any trials I should be looking at?
• Survival rate likely for someone like me (instead of the overall statistic for population at that stage)?
• Can treatments be delayed to start after (date)?
• Side Effects
• Hair loss?  When does hair start to grow back?
• Able to function during treatments?
• Mood swings?
• Weight loss?

• Any changes to be made to my current diet & supplements?

• My medical history, current and past problems, I want her to be aware of.       

• Questions about Test Results -- Significance of comments on report.  (Understanding is key so I can ask about changes when periodic future PET or CT scans are done.)
• Pathology or biopsy report
• PET scan
• CT scan

Best to you all.