Anti-cancer plan

When the doctor announced that it is cancer, most patients are in extreme shock, often at a loss-stricken, doctors simply can not listen to the words entered. Therefore, the best way is to have family or friends with you, or re-arrange a second meeting, with the prior written down your problem. If in the United States can even consult their doctors agreed to use the recorder to talk about the contents of the following, and this speech difficulties or those who are not familiar with medical terminology is helpful. The next is in the midst of confusion in the strive to maintain a sober and calm in order to do all sorts of decisions. The process of selection of treatment include: 

1. To understand the disease 
Asked the doctors to tell you the site of cancer, size, type. Clarify the cancer has not spread to nearby lymph node or other organ? This cancer is in the first several stages? The reliability of the test results? The need for further check-ups? 

2. To understand at this stage treatment can be chosen 
Orthodox treatment of surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, bone marrow transplant, such as immunotherapy. In accordance with the type of cancer, the patient body condition and the condition of patients, doctors will do different options, and sometimes just a way to have several and sometimes. May wish to invite the doctor explained the various methods of the strengths and weaknesses, listen to the doctor recommended a treatment program which, to be used to understand what drugs? How long course of treatment? What course of treatment or the risk of side effects? If the orthodox method of cancer you can not effectively control the disease, whether or not there are the experimental stage (clinical trial) of drugs and therapy can be considered? If doctors can not fully answer your question, they can ask him to recommend appropriate books or let you go back and read the information. In the United States National Cancer Institute-Cancer Information Service (Tel: 800-4-CANCER, http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/) also provides many free anti-cancer information to the English cancer patients. Which PDQ (Physician Data Query) database available to more patients and medical professionals the most advanced treatment methods, drug selection and variety of the experimental stage of the treatment of information. If in Taiwan, they can approach the National Institutes of Health Cancer Research Group, Taiwan Clinical Cancer Research and Development Foundation, the cancer hospitals and treatment centers, or to the Republic of China Association for Cancer hopes to obtain the appropriate anti-cancer information. (Appendix "cancer information" in these units communications address, telephone number and website.) 

3. Inquired about the other cancer experts, a second opinion 
Have a second opinion does not mean that the first suggestion is not good, only that you have the power to know that your treatment is correct, there is no place omissions. The United States there are many cancer treatment centers, each with its own expertise, can call to make inquiries or seek more advice from experts in the experience. So to find a second doctor's opinion, should not be limited to no more than local. In order to fight aging, when you find the views of other experts, it is best to put all the medical records and test results complete collection, and X-ray, CT and ultrasound or scan copy of the film to be to provide a reference doctors. You can put loose in the clinic or hospital medical records of all collected into a great set, so look at the second, third, before doctors complete medical records on the first to send the past, so that eliminated many medical records were transferred trouble interviewed many efficiency. 

4. Choose a suitable doctor 
The trust of patients to doctors and patients and doctors can influence the relationship between the entire treatment process. Some doctors in addition to a wealth of medical experience, but also concerned about the psychological needs of patients, to spend time talking with patients and explain the various questions. This can reduce the number of patients unnecessary worry. The actual experience of doctors is very important. In the choice of doctors, you may ask, whether he treated the same case with your patients. If you do not have much experience, or find another clever better. Therefore, if possible, as far as possible in the short term look at two or three doctors, and then choose the most suitable for your doctor and treatment methods. In the United States, if the call to the National Cancer Institute ─ Cancer Information Service, they can also help you set out a list of experienced doctors. The way cancer doctors to peer with us a long time, you have the responsibility and power to choose the most suitable for your doctor. 

5. With a doctor to maintain smooth communication channels 
Treatment, each patient reacts differently, but also often require patients to doctors told him in detail on a wide range of changes in the body to determine the therapeutic effect as his reference, if necessary, can adjust the amount of drugs, and even dressing. On the other hand, patients also need to know by the doctors there that may arise response and temporary side effects. In order to avoid the misconception that a patient whose condition had deteriorated and the treatment of invalid disheartened Zhi funeral. Doctors cure the attitude and confidence, often imperceptibly affect patient response to treatment and patient trust in doctors, but also is built on the doctors of his illness understanding and holistic care. Thus, when each went to the attending grasp opportunities, and maintain good communication with doctors. Chinese people usually fear doctors are generally very cooperative, obedient good patient, and is often asked too many questions so embarrassed. But in the United States by the statistics, more active, the comments, questions, and demand to know every detail, the so-called "less troublesome cancer patients" instead of better anti-cancer results. Would like to provide your reference. 

6. Ask the medical insurance and medical expenses 
Choose the right doctors and treatment programs, if not a formal standard treatment method (that is still in the experimental stage), the best first contact and insurance companies to obtain their approval, so as not to complicate the issue and the future, but also for the medical costs of La Tortura. If necessary, a lawyer and insurance companies come forward to negotiate. In case you do not have insurance, but also not to become discouraged and give up, because some major medical institutions have a wide variety of clinical trials of therapies (clinical trials). If your condition with their research projects, they can provide some drugs free of charge, and even some Cancer Society can teach you how your medical expenses for fund-raising. In addition, when necessary, can also turn to the hospital social workers (social worker), think of ways to arrange for a medical subsidy, which in the United States and Taiwan are both feasible. In short, not because of medical expenses due to give up, or delay the timing of treatment. 

7. Know that feeling the impact of treatment side effects 
Each person's response to treatment is different, and sometimes the patient's heart can greatly affect the strength of the side effects. Sometimes our thinking can be reflected in the side-effects, so allow us to adopt a more positive frame of mind to deal with treatment, may be able to reduce the number of unnecessary suffering. 

8. To adhere to finish the full course of treatment 
Any kind of treatment methods are time-consuming and laborious, and sometimes the side effects are intolerable. Some vomiting, some diarrhea, some into a large head, and sometimes pain, sometimes very , some weak and thin, some fat swelling, such as some. But also because of insufficient blood volume, so that patients vulnerable to all kinds of virus infection, so secluded. However, in order to move toward the rehabilitation of road, such suffering is meaningful, must persevere and not give up halfway. 

9. Caution unorthodox methods of alternative medicine 
In addition to conventional medicine to treat cancer of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy, etc. In addition, there are alternative non-traditional treatment methods, such as: to eat grains and cereals are the main dietary therapy, there is emphasis on removal of the body raw toxin therapy, there is wheat grass therapy, there lingzhi therapy, the use of shark cartilage powder to treat cancer, and have a high measurement of vitamin and mineral therapy, many different types, some in the United States are not allowed to do therapy, and even to to clinics in Mexico can be used for treatment. Chinese people have many more secrets, read newspapers everywhere can see many cancer medicine ads. Members seemed to cancer patients in the hair of Finance. Carcinoma of the faithful do not want to desperately trying everything. Unorthodox approach is generally more complete lack of scientific evidence, only with a way to rule all of the disease, and most people are to the orthodox method is invalid when the use of unorthodox methods. So the lack of efficacy reasonable statistics are available. Generally speaking, the composition of greater risk, the need to pay medical expenses, and sometimes need to go abroad to do treatment, at least a few days, as much as a month. Therefore, if it is decided to use unorthodox methods, to do more research. The best with the attending physician discussed the possibility of a combination of both, and to achieve good results. If the first choice of unorthodox therapy, then invalid, and then to convert orthodox therapy, it may be time delay, so that the spread of cancer, and held up the best time to treat cancer, so please carefully considered. Even the doctors announced that orthodox therapy can not help you, and you want to resort to unorthodox methods, is still to be careful. In the United States assisted the United States and non-traditional therapy research center (National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine) can provide you complete information. If you are familiar with English and computer network, please visit http://nccam.nih.gov inquiries.