When you meet with your doctor to decide on a treatment plan, it’s so important to be honest about what’s meaningful to you in your life. This way, if it’s possible to schedule treatments and check-ups around your important events, your doctor can make that happen.
“When I meet a woman who has a cancer diagnosis, I always try to get to know her … about her family, does she work or not work, what are the things that are most important to her,” Dr. Kellie Rath, a gynecologic oncologist with OhioHealth, told SurvivorNet. “Then when we’re talking about her treatment — whether that be surgery, or chemotherapy, or radiation — [we can try] to really find a way to let her live her life during and after treatment.”
Dr. Rath recommends that women with cancer be honest with their doctors about important life events they have coming up. Occasionally, treatment can be delayed a week or two. And if not, your doctor can advise you on what you activities that you physically should and should not be engaging in.
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When you meet with your doctor to decide on a treatment plan, it’s so important to be honest about what’s meaningful to you in your life. This way, if it’s possible to schedule treatments and check-ups around your important events, your doctor can make that happen.
“When I meet a woman who has a cancer diagnosis, I always try to get to know her … about her family, does she work or not work, what are the things that are most important to her,” Dr. Kellie Rath, a gynecologic oncologist with OhioHealth, told SurvivorNet. “Then when we’re talking about her treatment — whether that be surgery, or chemotherapy, or radiation — [we can try] to really find a way to let her live her life during and after treatment.”
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Dr. Rath recommends that women with cancer be honest with their doctors about important life events they have coming up. Occasionally, treatment can be delayed a week or two. And if not, your doctor can advise you on what you activities that you physically should and should not be engaging in.
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical review process.
Dr. Kellie Rath is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist at OhioHealth. Read More
