Make a list of questions you may want to ask. 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 hesitant to put to the doctor yourself.
Some people are afraid of the hospital itself.
Often you will find that doctors may be unable to answer your questions fully, or that their answers may sound vague. It is often impossible to say for certain that the leukaemia has been totally eradicated. Doctors know from past experience approximately how many people will benefit from a certain treatment, but it is impossible to predict the future for a particular person. 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.