Help Preparing For Your Doctor's Appointment

Better Questions Will Get You Better Answers

Cancer ABCs knows that your appointments with your doctor (or nurses, etc.) are vital to your becoming a cancer THRIVER.  Successful medical appointments don’t just happen, they are created with thoughtful preparation.  

Understanding your own cancer, your own concerns and translating them into clear questions will allow you to maximize your appointment time.  

This is the road to Shared Decision-Making.  

We will provide you with individual assistance to help you develop your questions and achieve these goals.  

Here’s how it works: 

·      Email Jan to set up an individual time to talk.  This can be done any time before your doctors’ appointment, but try to do it several days in advance of your appointment.  

Email her at: Jan@cancerabcs.org

·      Have any medical records that you have available for the call, they will be helpful.

·      You can connect by phone or by video chat.  If you like, you can record the call.  

·      If you have an advocate, wife, husband or partner who goes with you to your appointment, include them in the call if possible.  

·      Jan won’t give any medical advice – but will help you to understand your situation, and assist you in preparing your own questions.

 

This is a free service of Cancer ABCs