Golden Age
On the desk this morning
Treatments
Surgery, radiation, drug treatment, immunotherapy. Names from the National Cancer Institute. Not a ranking, and not a cure this paper sells.
Names a plan may use
1Surgery
2Radiation
3Drug treatment
4Immunotherapy
Not a score. Your own oncologist says which ones belong on your plan.
Treatments
The words on a cancer plan
Surgery, radiation, drug treatment, immunotherapy.
Treatments
The card you take into the room
The questions worth asking first.
Treatments
The drug that travels
Chemotherapy is a family of drugs. Ask the name.
Treatments
The beam and the table
What radiation is, and which kind you are getting.
Treatments
The plate during treatment
Small meals, a safe kitchen. No cleanse.
Treatments
The number they told you to call
Fever, bleeding, chest pain. What cannot wait.
Treatments
A study with rules
A clinical trial is a study, not a secret cure.
Treatments
The person beside you
The friend who drives. The decision stays with the patient.
Heart
When it is not just age
A weak arm or chest pressure is a call.
Heart
The number on the cuff
Write the blood pressure down.
Medicines
Every bottle on the table
Bring all of them. Do not stop one because you feel fine.
Medicines
The shots still on the list
Ask which vaccines are still due.
Hearing
If you are guessing the words
Hearing that makes you guess is a check, not a personality.
Money
When they say they are Medicare
A caller who wants a code is not Medicare.
Money
The letter about your Medicare premium
Read who sent it. Do not pay it by phone.
General reading, not a treatment plan. The ten dollars stay on the upgrade page.