Test anxiety
Hi ladies, I had a CT & bone scan last week. My oncologist usually sends me an SMS if everything is ok (ie that the mets are stable). Not so this time. So my imagination has gone into overdrive. I am...
Forum Discussion
I understand your anxiety so well. With my previous cancer I'd be physically sick with anxiety in the days leading up to scans. So my oncologist arranged for me to wait and get the written report straight away. That way I often had it before or at the same time as he did. Even with bad news that was easier to for me to manage. Can you discuss this with your oncologist? Mine at the time was Michael Green and he absolutely respected the right of patients to have their reports asap.
Ive moved from Melbourne to geelong now, so I see a different oncologist but I started with him also asserting that I want copies of reports asap.
Ive moved from Melbourne to geelong now, so I see a different oncologist but I started with him also asserting that I want copies of reports asap.