Cancer CareThe purpose of this workbook is to provide a navigational guide, no matter what kind of cancer you are treating. Although the amount of information can seem overwhelming, what you need, step-by-step, can be organized and streamlined into a manageable to-do list. I've included templates to assist you when speaking with your physicians: Show me where my tumor is located. Show me where you are placing a central line or port. Let me show you where my pain is coming from. Take this book with you to the doctor's office, radiation, infusion clinic, pharmacy, and grocery store. |
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Address Doctors Name Address Notes Pay appropriate place Baking soda Biotene Cancer catheter central venous access chemotherapy constipation corn syrup Cross Streets Doctors Cupboard Name date of last day five diagnosis diarrhea Diluted or reconstituted disposable gloves Doctors Name Address Drug name drug or supplement exactly as prescribed facial tissue five or six flushable wipes frozen grocery store implanted devices infection Last received radiation lesion Locate any tattoos Maalox moisture months six months Name Address Doctors Name Address Name Name of drug Name of Facility Notes Pay Parking numbing agent oncologist Orajel pain patient person pharmacist pharmacy physician PICC line Place your tumor purpose radiation doctor radiation on date remember three Scan schematic sessions completed sessions scheduled Shuttle Cross Streets side effects Simethicone spouse Stoma Streets Doctors Name strength if possible surgery take this exactly taste perversion telephone number three months six three to four week Yes No When/year