I too have been wondering alot about followup visits and I intend to ask tomorrow, as I have appointments with both my chemo onco and radiation onco. Basically, I'd like to know what the plan is for followup care for the next year...like when I can expect to be scheduled for scans and exams, so I can plan my life accordingly.

On the other hand, when the appointments for seeing the doctors get spaced far apart after treatment is over (and during treatment, it's like you are overwhelmed with doctors appointments) it feels like everybody suddenly abandoned ship leaving you the only one on board.

Anyway, in my case, I'm being treated at a major cancer center so I never see my ENT treating kids needing ear tubes. However, I'm not clear as to why I need to continue to see the chemo oncologist when I'm going on my fourth month post chemo. (Except that I know my ENT refuses to write most prescriptions because SHE (the chemo onco) prefers to do it. Some of this stuff gets pretty confusing.

Basically, when I go into the chemo oncologists office, I have to wait close to an hour to simply have her listen to my lungs, my chest and poke underneath my armpits. I know I'm up for yet another bloodtest so I'm hoping to have it done in one stop at the first appointment. SO if they are going to draw blood, I'm going to need to inform them to be sure to get enough for the radiation departments needs all with the same poke.

Hopefully, some of my questions will get answered tomorrow. If any of them do pan out useful information, I'll come back and post. ha ha ha.

Jen