NCUK Virtual Patient Handbook

Managing expectations , both your own and other people’s, of living w included and involved in decision-making about your care, so that you However, how much information, and detail, you may need or want ab not to feel pressured into finding out more than you’re comfortable with happy for them to receive more information than you might want to kn that consent and clear boundaries are agreed. Following treatment, you and those around you may expect you to fee anti-climax - an “is that it?” feeling. Over time, if well, or more specifically you look well, others may assum gone away. Even if you’ve felt fairly calm throughout your treatment, or surveillanc and wonder what the future holds. You may feel less confident if you’re not able to do all of the things you your cancer or treatment. If you have had a long period of stable disease, you may start to worry not uncommon, for those living with a ‘long-term’ illness to experience Responding to new symptoms It’s natural to feel differently about your body and to monitor changes m anxious about aches, pains and lumps you may have ignored in the pa

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