Orthopedic doctor Archives - Health and Fitness Tips live a long, healthy life one step at a time Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:38:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 7 Questions to Ask Your Oncologist After a Cancer Diagnosis https://healthandfitnesstips.us/7-questions-to-ask-your-oncologist-after-a-cancer-diagnosis/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 20:18:08 +0000 http://healthandfitnesstips.us/?p=787 Cancer is not something anyone wants to think about, but it’s an unfortunate part of our daily life. Almost 40% of men and women will get a cancer diagnosis at some point in their life, meaning this disease has probably affected someone close to you, or will at some point. Whether that someone is you

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Cancer is not something anyone wants to think about, but it’s an unfortunate part of our daily life. Almost 40% of men and women will get a cancer diagnosis at some point in their life, meaning this disease has probably affected someone close to you, or will at some point. Whether that someone is you or a loved one your helping through a cancer diagnosis, there are some important questions that should be asked to the oncologist during the first visit. Read below to see these questions and why asking them is important.

Diagnosis

This is a very important question to ask your oncologist, therefore it should be your first. You need to find out what type of cancer you have as this can determine the best course of treatment for it. Find out your diagnosis, take notes, and don’t be scared to tell your doctor if you don’t understand something so they can explain it better.

Second Opinion

This can be a hard question for many to ask, because it can make them feel as though they are stepping on their doctor’s toes. This isn’t always the case and some doctors will welcome a second opinion so that there is more then one person determining the best course of treatment. Ask your doctor where they would recommend you go for a second or even third opinion. Don’t be scared to discuss this with your doctor, because nobody wants to be treated at a cancer care center for something they don’t even really have.

Coming to Terms with Diagnosis

Ask your doctor for a list of resources to help you come to terms with your diagnosis. While there are a number of cancer treatment options, there are also other options that help people cope. Your Cancer specialist can help you find someone to talk to for the emotional and mental support that you may need.

Treatment

There are many more treatment options besides popular chemotherapy treatment. Your oncologist can walk you through these other options. Together you two can decide the best course of treatment based on the downtime, how invasive the procedure is, the side effects associated with the treatment and the cost of the treatment.

Cost

When you are burdened with a life altering condition, you may not be able to think about your financial future, but it’s necessary. Knowing how much your treatment will cost will help you prepare financially. Cancer and cancer treatments take a toll on the body, and you don’t want to be burdened with added stress during this time. Ask about cost and if your oncologist doesn’t know the price ask for numbers so you can call and get an idea of what treatment will cost you.

Medicines

It is important to get as much information as possible from your oncologist before treatment starts, so that you are not hit by surprise information later down the line. During the course of treatment you will probably be on some medicines and you should discuss the safety of taking new medicine with your old medicine. Sometimes the two medicines cannot be taken together. If it is a medication that you shouldn’t stop taking, then other measures or medicines should be prescribed. Knowing this information in advance can help get all medicines squared away before hand, so there is no risk of interactions.

Is it Able to be Cured

This is probably one of the hardest questions to ask, but it is vital for you to know. So many patients end up getting medicine from their oncologist thinking that the medicine is intended to cure the cancer, when in all reality it is meant to only extend your life and improve the quality of your life. If the cancer is able to be cured, ask what the rate of recurrence is after treatment. These things will be important information to know for later on down the line.

Cancer is scary and no one wants to be diagnosed with it, which is why early detection is best. Mammogram screenings have shown to be effective at reducing cancer-related deaths, therefore all proper screenings shouldn’t be scheduled and kept as their importance speaks volumes.

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So Should You Head to the Emergency Room or an Urgent Care Clinic? https://healthandfitnesstips.us/so-should-you-head-to-the-emergency-room-or-an-urgent-care-clinic/ Sat, 05 Mar 2016 01:31:09 +0000 http://healthandfitnesstips.us/?p=240 It is almost always the most inconvenient time when it happens: an unexpected injury. Should you go to the emergency room? A life-threatening injury or sudden illness obviously requires immediate care. But what do you do, what should you do, when the severity of the injury or illness is a questionable or unclear? Firstly, never

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Urgent care unit

It is almost always the most inconvenient time when it happens: an unexpected injury. Should you go to the emergency room? A life-threatening injury or sudden illness obviously requires immediate care. But what do you do, what should you do, when the severity of the injury or illness is a questionable or unclear?

Firstly, never put your health in jeopardy because you would rather not go for a little drive. You should even call an ambulance, if necessary. Defined clearly, a life-threatening injury is anything that if not immediately treated, will result in the loss of life, limb, or organ(s), or would cause a severe impediment to those listed. For example, concussed individual who is vomiting or has lost consciousness is in need of emergency care, and the sooner the better. An individual who is having a heart attack, has been shot, or has been poisoned (hopefully not all at once) is also experiencing an emergency.

Sometimes, an illness starts off slow; you mistakenly believe it is just a cold that will be annoying but go away on its own. Then your head feels heavy. The body aches start. You crave sleep. Do you know what temperature a fever can be until it constitutes an emergency? For adults and children over the age of two, a fever over 104 degrees Fahrenheit is dangerous; for a baby younger than four months, a dangerous temperature is 100.4 and above.

Now that you know the basics of what constitutes an emergency, it is important to understand the step below life-threatening. A child under the age of two with a fever that lasts for more than 24 hours. A child over two with a fever lasting longer than three days. A broken finger, a mild concussion, or a superficial cut that will not stop bleeding are also urgent. Essentially, any symptom that is worrying you but is not severe enough to warrant a trip to the emergency room, and yet you feel waiting for a regular doctor’s appointment is too long to wait, means you should seek out one of the urgent care clinics in your area.

Urgent care clinics welcome walk ins. These clinics are open when the typical family care practitioner’s office is closed. An injury cannot know it is 7:00pm on a Saturday and your doctor’s office is closed. But according to a national survey, 45.7% of walk in clinics are open on Saturdays, and about 31% are even open on Sundays. Some, roughly two-thirds, open before 9:00am for those people who are sporting injuries before work. Most clinics will average somewhere around 340 patients each week. They are prepared to handle your urgent situation; 95% have physicians on staff.

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