Do you get follow up appointments with oncologist for every chemo treatment

Going through breast cancer treatment Chemotherapy monthly threads
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Hi everyone,

This is all new to me, my mums first chemo is on 1st of May and got another oncology appointment on 21st May is that normal. Is that like a follow up to see my mum how she is doing

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Not sure about everyone else but my Oncologist seen me day before each CE chemo. Now on Pacetaxil and I get a phone call before each round. She just checks in and makes sure bloods are fine and no issues my end.

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Hi, my onco has a telephone appointment with me the day before each treatment to discuss how the last one went/what to expect next time and to confirm the treatment can proceed.

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Hi
I had a follow up appointment the day before each chemo session so that they could check up on any side effects/problems from the last session and check that bloods showed that chemo could go ahead.

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I see mine or have a phone call every fortnight so they can monitor things and I can ask any questions.

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Thank you @jacx70 @Lizaki @fimac1 @crocodileelsa :blush: :heart: we went to first pre chemo with mum, it was with a nurse. Explained all the drugs she is having, side effects, food wise etc showed chemo unit around and mum received goody bag, lots of things inside from books to hats, snacks, surgery bras etc :heart:

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I have only met my oncologist once and that was before chemo started last November. Any follow ups were telephone calls and they were with the pharmacist who was great. My chemo was for 20 weeks and I had a telephone appointment at the end of chemo with my oncologist to chat how I’ve got on and to talk about me starting Radiotherapy. I was shocked I didn’t have more contact with the oncologist but I had a great nurse team and I suppose if things were going really bad I could have requested to see her all the hospitals seem to do things differently.
Hope all goes well x

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I was on 12 weekly Paclitaxel and had weekly bloods and PICC line flush at the district nurses. Every 3rd week I had a face to face appointment with someone from the team in clinic, the first session was with an oncologist then all others were with a clinical nurse specialist.

I only ever heard from anyone on a weekly basis if there was a problem with my bloods or the appointment time/place had changed.

I think different units do different things.

:smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Thank you for your reply :blush: @stevie-puggle @naughty_boob can’t wait for mum to begin her treatment tomorrow :pray:

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