Myles' Miracle Mission

Dealing with cancer and its treatments can be overwhelming. Learn all you can about your diagnosis, your treatment, and your disease.

Ask lots of questions of everyone you talk with.

Here's a list to start with:

Questions to Ask...

1. Your doctor - when s/he orders tests
2. Yourself - before decisions are made about treatment
3. About treatment
4. Your surgeon - before an operation
5. The anesthesiologist
6. Hospital staff
7. Before leaving the hospital
8. About radiation
9. About chemotherapy
10. Before agreeing to investigational or experimental treatment procedures
11. Yourself - before using unproven treatments
12. Your social worker or therapist

Please also refer to information:

Late Effects of cancer treatment
Childhood late effects
Adult cancer late effects
External Radiation Side Effects Worksheet (.pdf)
My History Worksheet (.pdf)
My Health-Care Team Worksheet (.pdf)