Alan's Story

Ethnicity
White British
Age
60-69
Work
Manual work
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Geography
Yorkshire
Relationship status
Single/divorced

Chemotherapy

Tips and advice for any physical side effects of treatment

Speak with your care nurse about the frequency of the hot flushes and see what medication the can help. I was offer tablets and they worked very effectively

How this treatment impacted my life the most

The main issue with the treatments was that the organising of appointments and obtaining the medication were extremely mismanaged or organised by all different departments not speak, confirming or even organising things when stayed they would be

If I had to do it all over again, would I choose the same treatment?

Yes

Why did I give this answer?

When everything was eventually sorted, appointments, doctors, locations and medications everything began to run smoothly with points of contact in place to check and sort if anything occurred out of what had been sorted

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