Heartbroken, but unbroken
We have just been hit with a TNBC diagnosis. My wife is 44 and we have two young kids. Our world's been turned upside down. There's so much raw emotion and the sense of grief that we all know all too...
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Hello everyone.
Thank you for your continuing kindness. We are now preparing for our first appointment with the medical oncologist. I am starting to get together a list of questions.
Its funny - in my line of work I often have to use scant resources to find out a lot of nformation about things Iknow nothing about. One of my primary tools is the internet - dr google - as well as access to experts. I like going to the experts having gained what knowledge I could from other sources. In this case I have - guided by many of you as well as the experts - consciously avoided doing this.
As a result, I am a bit worried about my questions being stupid.
If there is no detectable Cancer currently in her body, how is the success or otherwise of Chemotherapy measured?
When does the chemotherapy begin?
What is the name of the type of chemotherapy she will be receiving?
What is the expected frequency of this, and will this change over the course of the treatment?
What are the expected side effects of her chemotherapy regime, and how can they best be managed?
How can she best prepare for the side effects of chemotherapy over the next few weeks?
Are the effects of chemotherapy cumulative, ie will it get worse with each session?
What do we need to know about other sorts of therapy such as immunotherapy?
What clinical trials are available to her, and how do we decide whether we want to be involved?
Should we stop eating some things like meat/caffeine?
What sort of exercise regime should she be on? We are concerned that her fitness has suffered already after almost three weeks with minimal activity. How should this be managed?
What is the likely impact to her immune levels of chemotherapy, and how do we manage that bearing in mind we have two young kids at school?
Those are a lot of questions.
Thank you for your continuing kindness. We are now preparing for our first appointment with the medical oncologist. I am starting to get together a list of questions.
Its funny - in my line of work I often have to use scant resources to find out a lot of nformation about things Iknow nothing about. One of my primary tools is the internet - dr google - as well as access to experts. I like going to the experts having gained what knowledge I could from other sources. In this case I have - guided by many of you as well as the experts - consciously avoided doing this.
As a result, I am a bit worried about my questions being stupid.
If there is no detectable Cancer currently in her body, how is the success or otherwise of Chemotherapy measured?
When does the chemotherapy begin?
What is the name of the type of chemotherapy she will be receiving?
What is the expected frequency of this, and will this change over the course of the treatment?
What are the expected side effects of her chemotherapy regime, and how can they best be managed?
How can she best prepare for the side effects of chemotherapy over the next few weeks?
Are the effects of chemotherapy cumulative, ie will it get worse with each session?
What do we need to know about other sorts of therapy such as immunotherapy?
What clinical trials are available to her, and how do we decide whether we want to be involved?
Should we stop eating some things like meat/caffeine?
What sort of exercise regime should she be on? We are concerned that her fitness has suffered already after almost three weeks with minimal activity. How should this be managed?
What is the likely impact to her immune levels of chemotherapy, and how do we manage that bearing in mind we have two young kids at school?
Those are a lot of questions.