Oncologist appointment tomorrow - what questions should I ask?

After being diagnosed on 18th January and going through all the various test, I finally get to see the oncologist tomorrow. Would like to hear from anyone who has any suggestions about what questions would be good to ask. 

Also what are your experiences of how long it took for treatment to start after first oncology appointment. As my breast cancer is grade 3 and fast growing, I'm worried about it spreading, before my treatment even gets started. 

Was it suggested you have a PICC line or port?

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  • Morning all, (02:39am). New symptom tonight - restless legs so annoying as I am tired and I want sleep.  . Also not managed to open my bowls since Monday morning, so starting to worry about that and bank holiday weekend is coming up so not sure what I can take. Sorry I know this is a moaning text. Just hoping if I can get it off my chest I might feel a bit better and I know there is no judgement here. 

  • Sorry to hear you are now suffering with restless legs, that is such a horrible feeling. I do suffer from this at times, but not while on chemo so far. I too have been suffering from constipation since last cycle, same as last time. I have been using Laxido which was prescribed by oncologist, but so far nothing. Gp gave me some lactulose a couple of weeks ago, but haven't tried that yet. I was given an out of hours number to phone if I had any issues. They told me meds could be sent by courier if necessary. Was you given a number to call if you need to? Try and catch up on some sleep through the day if you can. Hope you start to feel better soon. Xx

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  • Sorry to hear you are now suffering with restless legs, that is such a horrible feeling. I do suffer from this at times, but not while on chemo so far. I too have been suffering from constipation since last cycle, same as last time. I have been using Laxido which was prescribed by oncologist, but so far nothing. Gp gave me some lactulose a couple of weeks ago, but haven't tried that yet. I was given an out of hours number to phone if I had any issues. They told me meds could be sent by courier if necessary. Was you given a number to call if you need to? Try and catch up on some sleep through the day if you can. Hope you start to feel better soon. Xx

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