What happens after treatment
What happens after treatment?
Ongoing Support
You may be relieved when your treatment is finished, but you may also feel worried that you no longer have regular hospital appointments. However, you may be assigned a key worker who will continue to support you after your treatment. If not, ask your hospital team about contact details for someone you can speak to if you have further questions. You will have follow-up appointments and check-ups afterwards. Your hospital may have a peer support group, which you are welcome to continue to attend, and you will always be able to contact your GP with questions.
Follow-up Appointments
After your treatment, you will have follow-up appointments at either your hospital or with your GP. Where these take place, how many appointments you attend and how often you are invited to follow-up appointments will depend on your own individual experience of cancer. It is important that you attend your follow-up appointments. Your GP or one of your specialist team will use them to check how your cancer has responded to treatment and will discuss your side effects. You should also use these appointments to ask any questions you may have.
You may find it helpful to:
- Take notes, and to bring the notes you took at the last appointment to the next one
- Ask the doctor to write something down for you
- Take your partner or friend with you
- Ask to record the appointment – for example, on your mobile phone
- Ask the same question again if it wasn’t explained in a way you understood the first time.