Make a list of questions you may want to ask and don't be afraid to ask your doctor to repeat any answers or explanations you don't understand. If you do not understand something about your treatment - ask. You may like to take a close friend or relative to the appointment with you. If you are feeling upset, they may be able to remember details of the consultation which you might have forgotten. You may also want them to ask some of the questions you yourself might be unsure about putting to the doctor.
Some people are afraid of the hospital itself.
You may find doctors cannot answer your questions fully, or their answers sound vague. It is impossible to say how long a remission may last, for example. Doctors know from past experience roughly how many people will benefit from a certain treatment, but it is impossible to predict the future for individual people. Many people find this uncertainty hard to live with. Uncertainty about the future can cause a lot of tension, but fears and fantasies are often worse than the reality.