After your treatment is finished, your doctor may recommend regular check ups. If you have any new symptoms, you should see your doctor.
Making decisions about treatment
Sometimes it is difficult to make decisions about what is the right treatment for you. You may feel that everything is happening so fast that you do not have time to think things through. Some people find that waiting for test results and for treatment to begin is very difficult.
While some people feel they are overwhelmed with information, other may feel that they do not have enough. You need to make sure that you understand enough about your illness, the possible treatment and side effects to make your own decisions.
Some people with more advanced cancer will always choose treatment, even if it only offers a small chance of cure. Others want to make sure that the benefits of treatment outweigh any side effects. Still others will choose the treatment they consider offer them the best quality of life. Some may choose not to have treatment but to have their symptoms managed as they arise in order to maintain the best possible quality of life.
If you are offered a choice of treatments, you will need to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of each treatment. If only one type of treatment is recommended, ask your doctor to explain why other treatment choices have not been advised.
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