"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | I, to this day, keep a notebook with all of Bill's cancer related information..tabbed with different topics. A huge help was to get the plastic sheets (3-hole punched for a notebook) that hold multiple business cards and I picked up a card for each care provider while in the office. There is a tab for medical reports, one for the CCC he sees/saw during his treatment and now for followups. There is a tab for insurance information..so on and so on.
I just found that doing this gave me a sense of control in a very chaotic time and helped when we had to fill our paperwork in all the doctor's offices (I carried that notebook a bunch!) I did not have to depend on my memory for all the little details.
Best of luck, Deb
Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997. DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0 TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5. TREATMENT END: 10/1/07 PEG OUT: 1/08 PORT OUT: 4/09 FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!
Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill
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