What to Expect at Your First Visit
At your first visit to the Long-Term Follow-Up / Survivorship Clinic, here's what to expect:
- History and physical exam will be taken
- Review of your personalized treatment summary
- Laboratory studies by venipuncture (drawn from your arm, rather than a fingerstick)
- Collection of a urine sample
What to Expect at Later Visits
History and physical exam- Review of your updated personalized treatment summary
- Laboratory studies by venipuncture or fingerstick
- Collection of a urine sample
- Diagnostic testing based on your treatment, for example, echocardiogram, bone density test, or hearing test
Diagnostic Testing
Diagnostic testing based on your treatment, for example, echocardiogram, bone density test, or hearing tests, may be performed at the time of your clinic visit. These tests allow us to help you monitor your health. We will discuss these tests prior to your clinic visit, try to schedule them to be on the same day as your visit, and will review the results with you as soon as they are available. You will also receive a summary of these results for your records.
Here are some of our survivors at their routine test appointments.
Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT)
McKayla does pulmonary function testing, or PFTs, when she returns once a year. PFTs are a group of tests that measure how well the lungs take in and release air and how well they move gases such as oxygen from the atmosphere into the body's circulation.
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