In honour of #ExpOfCare week I want to share my experience as a patient.
“What do you need today?” my oncologist asked me. A clear signal that my goals would be his that day.
I had breast cancer a few years ago. My children were still small and settling into their first term at primary school. I was determined that my illness would not impact on them any more than it had to.
My wonderful oncologist had promised me he would do everything he could to make my treatment fit my life, not the other way round.
I need to be able to stay upright without vomiting for an hour at 2pm this afternoon I told him. My children had their first assembly and I had to be there.
