Re meeting with oncologist

Hi. I wasn’t given any options. I think the options come in with very small and early disease that can be tackled simply with surgery. Once you’re at stage two where I was and stage three where you have lymph node involvement options are few. 
I had six weeks radiotherapy and avoided chemo as I had no nodes up. I know Hazel had seven nodes affected but a neck dissection wasn’t offered when others with fewer nodes affected did have a dissection. 
The best thing is to see what’s discussed first. There will be a plenty of time to arrive at a decision before treatment starts. 

Draper said:

How long after seeing the oncologist will things start to move on

It depends where you are along the road. What have you had done so far? Thus us where putting some details in your profile helps. Then you don’t have to keep repeating yourself. If you have time it would be useful 

From seeing oncologist to sign consent forms through to planning CT with mask making, chest X-ray and meeting dieticians and speech therapist to starting treatment was around six weeks for me. Others are quicker 

Hi Draper

So glad to see you are getting things sorted with your issues and appears everything is going in the right direction, unfortunately without knowing what your Cancer is it’s difficult to decide how I can help, what I did with particularly my second cancer was I wrote down all my questions and thoughts as they came into my head and found this helped along the way. I also can’t see what stage you are at with the journey so again the time between seeing the Oncologist and treatment starting is difficult to help with, have you had scans etc and all of many pre treatment tests as that is the part that gets to us the waiting for results and meeting with the whole team to decide the best treatment plan. You appear to have been given plenty of various help so you would be aware of the Oncology Nurse Team, they become part of your care team when the treatment plan starts.

Wish you all good going and do come back if you want more support

Take care

Tony

Hello Tony,  I've updated my profile and added a little bit about myself , not great on forums still trying to find my way around it . But hope my bio is OK and informative 

Hello dani , I have added information on my bio , wasn't sure how to do it in early stages of joining , not been on forums much 

Draper said:

Hello dani , I have added information on my bio , wasn't sure how to do it in early stages of joining , not been on forums much 

You’ve done fine. Thank you. 
You’ve said you are getting chemoradiation so it looks like any surgery is not being planned. 
When you see your oncologist you’ll have your treatment explained.  You can ask for a timeline. There will be lots to do but they will get a move on. 
You’ll get six or seven weeks of RT. Chemo can be split in to two or three sessions or weekly. These are long days. If you have somebody to drive you to hospital that’s fine but if not then ask about transport. Ask fir eyeholes to be cut in your mask. It helps especially if you might feel a little claustrophobic and helpless under treatment. 
We can give you more advice when you know more details. There will be plenty of time between your appointment and start if treatment. 
Good luck. 

Hello Draper, just popping up to say welcome and good luck. It's nearly a year since i finished 6 weeks chemo-radiotherapy for T4 base of tongue cancer and I'm fine now (touch wood). This forum is brilliant for info & support so keep in touch and ask anything you like x

Hi. From biopsy to treatment stating i was  3 weeks Surgery  wasn’t an option as my lymph nodes were  too,close to spinal,cord. But the chemo radiation is the good standard so don’t worry. Once yiuve seen oncology everyth7ng falls into place. I had no choice my treatment plan was presented to me 

Glad youre reaching out to people it helps it’s never has bad as yiu fear as long as you listen to medical team and keep them in the loop with how you are feeling 

Keep in touch 

Hazel