ClaCla
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Joined: Jul 2017
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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.
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