First...Thank you for having a forum open to search engines!
Approximately a month ago, we learned that my girl had a likely cancerous tumor. In my anguish and a desire for as much information as possible, I turned began searching, but found many forums are either closed for searches or difficult to search. Truthfully, I probably wasted more time searching for an open forum, but I wasn't thinking clearly at the time. Fortunately I stumbled on this forum and have been reading and searching since then and absorbing so much info which has helped me to understand what I'm being told by the oncologist and also helped me form better questions.
We went to the original surgeon who, after looking at her, said he would like to refer us to an surgical oncologist because of the locaction of the tumor (interior of leg, near vulva). Nearly two weeks ago, she had surgery to remove what was a hemangiopericytoma.
We go back this week to go over the histology report (they didn't get clean margins), remove staples, check on a few other things and then come up with a game plan.
I'm trying to keep all her medical info straight on my end, but still find that I'm flipping through things more often than I would like. I've got lists of medications/supplements (including dosing/duration), bloodwork, urinalysis, examination reports, etc. I wondered if anyone had any suggestions about organizing things. I've had things in envelopes, but am thinking about moving things to a 3 ring binder instead. Any ideas?
Approximately a month ago, we learned that my girl had a likely cancerous tumor. In my anguish and a desire for as much information as possible, I turned began searching, but found many forums are either closed for searches or difficult to search. Truthfully, I probably wasted more time searching for an open forum, but I wasn't thinking clearly at the time. Fortunately I stumbled on this forum and have been reading and searching since then and absorbing so much info which has helped me to understand what I'm being told by the oncologist and also helped me form better questions.
We went to the original surgeon who, after looking at her, said he would like to refer us to an surgical oncologist because of the locaction of the tumor (interior of leg, near vulva). Nearly two weeks ago, she had surgery to remove what was a hemangiopericytoma.
We go back this week to go over the histology report (they didn't get clean margins), remove staples, check on a few other things and then come up with a game plan.
I'm trying to keep all her medical info straight on my end, but still find that I'm flipping through things more often than I would like. I've got lists of medications/supplements (including dosing/duration), bloodwork, urinalysis, examination reports, etc. I wondered if anyone had any suggestions about organizing things. I've had things in envelopes, but am thinking about moving things to a 3 ring binder instead. Any ideas?