Taking the following steps can make a hospital stay easier to manage for both you and the person with cancer.
As a caregiver, you are an important part of the health care team. You can provide information about the person's health choices to team members. By doing this, you will help the doctors and nurses give better care.
If you have been diagnosed with cancer, putting your health care wishes in writing is important to do.
Thinking and planning for what could happen in the future and talking about it with family, friends, and caregivers can be difficult. Even if it is hard, knowing your wishes are clear can give you and your family peace of mind. Your caregivers may need to make important health care decisions for you when you are sick and knowing your wishes can make this easier on them.
After you are diagnosed with cancer, you will need to choose the doctor who will manage your cancer care. You may continue seeing the doctor who diagnosed you with cancer or you might go to another specialist. Often, this doctor is an oncologist. Oncologists specialize in treating cancer.
