A Care Plan?

A long time ago, back when I was in a support group weekly, I was offered a care plan to complete with my doctor to make sure I kept track of my cancer treatment.... It was several pages that were copies of copies of copies and difficult to read. I got the point but decided to skip that.There were several reasons (besides starting with the s-word) that I avoided it.First of all, it only covered your cancer diagnosis. It didn ' t include other issues, like additional cancer diagnoses, and other ailments. It only covered one cancer treatment.Second, I keep better records than my doctors. I started a spread sheet of my medical expenses for tax purposes to see if we could deduct them - and at least get credit for all the miles traveled. This has all the information I need to track my treatment and tests and appointments.Now a new study (because we need new studies to keep researchers busy) says that they are surprised thatvery few breast cancer people have cancer care plans. This surprises them? I am surprised they are surprised.They also expect the patient to sit down with their doctor to write up their plan. Does your doctor have time to sit down and fill out a several page form with you? I ' m not sure mine does.Personally, I am happy to keep track of my treatment. I usually go to the same hospital and once I give them my record number they can pull up all my ailments, medications, and allergies. I do take medical information with me when I travel in case something happened to...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer history medical records Source Type: blogs