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Patients today are expected to take an active role in their health
care decision-making. You and your doctor must be able to communicate
freely and equally to insure that you understand all of the options
for treatment that are available and that your doctor understands
what all of your fears, concerns and expectations are for living once
you have come through the process.
Because you will be under a great deal of stress at this point, you
absolutely need to have your spouse, life partner, support group associate
or family friend with you at all of your appointments and consultations
to insure that you have a record of everything that is told to you
by the doctor and to insure that all of your questions get asked and
answered. You may also want to have the doctor write down the important
information, give you printed material to review or you may want to
bring a voice recorder to be certain that you have all the information.
You will move from the familiarity of your family doctor or whatever
primary care physician you've had into a world of specialization:
urologist, genito-urinary oncologist, radiation oncologist, medical
oncologist or complementary medicine specialist. It is critical
that you consult with more than one of these specialists before
you decide on what your choice of treatment will be!
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