Brain Tumors: Treatment Questions

Speaking with healthcare suppliers about your tumor might be overwhelming. It may be exhausting to absorb all the knowledge. It helps to be ready. Make a listing of questions and convey them with you to your appointments. Be sure you ask how the therapy will change your every day life, together with your weight loss plan, and the way you’ll feel and look after therapy. Ask how profitable the therapy is anticipated to be, and what the dangers and attainable uncomfortable side effects are.

You might also wish to ask a good friend or member of the family to go along with you. They’ll take notes and write down the solutions, and ask questions chances are you’ll not consider. It’s also possible to ask your healthcare supplier in case you can file the dialog. Write the solutions down in a pocket book.

Beneath are some inquiries to ask throughout your appointments.

Deciding on a therapy

What sort of mind tumor do I’ve?

The place precisely is the tumor. How large is it?

How rapidly is the sort of tumor anticipated to develop?

Have you ever mentioned (or will you focus on) my case with different healthcare suppliers?

How usually do you deal with the sort of tumor?

Do I should be handled instantly?

What are my therapy selections?

Can the tumor be eliminated with surgical procedure?

What therapies do you suppose are greatest for me and why?

What therapies do you suppose are usually not for me and why?

What are the objectives of the therapy you might be recommending?

What’s the success fee of this therapy for my sort of tumor?

Are there any medical trials I ought to apply for?

Will this therapy have an effect on my potential to have kids sooner or later?

Ought to I get a second opinion? Are there mind tumor consultants or knowledgeable facilities that you simply suggest?

Preparing for therapy

What’s the size of the therapy interval?

The place do I’ve to go for the therapy?

Who will give me the therapy?

How lengthy will every therapy take?

Does somebody must go along with me throughout therapies?

Will I have the ability to drive myself or take public transportation to therapy, or does another person must take me?

Can I take my different medicines throughout therapy?

Is there a social employee or monetary advocate I can speak to about assist paying for therapy?

What stage of caregiving will I possible want throughout therapy?

Coping throughout therapy

What uncomfortable side effects ought to I anticipate?

How lengthy will the uncomfortable side effects final?

What can I do to ease the uncomfortable side effects?

Are there any uncomfortable side effects that I must name you about?

How do I attain you after hours and on weekends?

Ought to I modify my weight loss plan? Are there meals I mustn’t eat?

Will I have the ability to go to work and be round my household?

Are there help teams close by or on-line that I can be part of?

After therapy

How will I really feel after the therapy?

What sort of follow-up will I want after therapy?

How will we all know if therapy labored?

What are my selections if the therapy does not work or the tumor comes again?

What signs ought to I be on the lookout for?

On-line Medical Reviewer:
Jessica Gotwals RN BSN MPH

On-line Medical Reviewer:
Joseph Campellone MD

On-line Medical Reviewer:
Sabrina Felson MD

Date Final Reviewed:
1/1/2023