Comments on: Keeping a Diary http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/21 Helping with the emotional impact of cancer. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:09:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Ruth http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/21#comment-22 Ruth Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:03:02 +0000 http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/21#comment-22 Keeping a diary is very important. I did a great deal of searching for information on the internet and elsewhere and this search usually left me with lots of questions. I jotted them down in a small booklet that I took to every doctor's appointment. I even had the book beside my bed, ready to write down those questions that inevitably leave your head as the doctor walks into the examining room. The other way it helped was that writing down information about my cancer and its treatment meant that it was handy just in case I had to go to emergency, which happened a couple of times during treatment. All the information was there for the docs. Keeping a diary is very important. I did a great deal of searching for information on the internet and elsewhere and this search usually left me with lots of questions. I jotted them down in a small booklet that I took to every doctor’s appointment. I even had the book beside my bed, ready to write down those questions that inevitably leave your head as the doctor walks into the examining room.

The other way it helped was that writing down information about my cancer and its treatment meant that it was handy just in case I had to go to emergency, which happened a couple of times during treatment. All the information was there for the docs.

]]> By: Postmaster http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/21#comment-21 Postmaster Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:28:20 +0000 http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/21#comment-21 Dr. Robert Buckman has an excellent book that helps put a newly diagnosed cancer into some perspective for the patient and their loved ones. It contains some useful information on cancers generally but, more importantly, it tells you what to expect in those first scary days. You can pick the book up at bookstores or from this site: http://cancerword.com. Doug Dr. Robert Buckman has an excellent book that helps put a newly diagnosed cancer into some perspective for the patient and their loved ones. It contains some useful information on cancers generally but, more importantly, it tells you what to expect in those first scary days. You can pick the book up at bookstores or from this site: http://cancerword.com.

Doug

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