My husband has survived 4 years post surgery and treatments. I had no problem with his Oncologist. She was honest and helpful and discovered some other underlying issues, leading to his fatigue and anemia.

In this journey, we now realize that his Radiologist did not give us all the information about the after effects of these treatments.

We continue to see his cancer surgeon every 6 months. It was during his visit a year ago when I asked him a question about my husband’s decaying teeth that he referred us to the dental clinic.
He is always uncomfortable discussing all the aftermath of cancer treatments.

I also feel that we did not get the support we needed.
I have worked in a medical environment previously in my life, but I was not told all the information I needed in order to correctly care for his G tube when issues occurred.
We also were not told about palliative care. It was nay last week when there was a conversation here about palliative care that I investigated and found out that that care does exist at our cancer facility. After several phone calls, I was able to make an appointment and we have an appointment today.

Other caregivers do not know or realize wat I did and I worry about them getting the support they need.