Everything! Everything I can get my hands on concerning Dad's diagnosis. How it is related to other cancers and medical journals with information from those who have studied this disease. Details on every chemothearphy drug administered, side effects of these drugs, etc. etc.
I thank God for the internet. But I am very cautious on the source of information. However, so much of what the oncologist has told us; Harry and I had already researched online.
Information truly IS Power! It provided us the knowledge necessary to ask 'informed' questions of his care team.
In times past you depended solely on the doctor and nurses to 'tell you' everything. And all you could do was trust them. The internet has allowed us to search resources not only locally and nationally, but internationally as well.
I am also reading a book I checked out of the Cancer Resource Center here at Karmanos called "Help Me Live; 20 Things People With Cancer Want You To Know", by Lori Hope. It talks about what to do and say (or not do and say) when someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer.
Dad is very interested in knowing the ins and outs of his diagnosis. He asks questions, and request that I write down the answers so that he can later read it and absorb it at his pace. This really pleases me. He and Mom are making themselves available to learn all they can about this process towards healing.
Reading is Fundamental.
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