Long-Term Recovery
The long-term recovery phase involves leaving the treatment center, dealing with any ongoing clinical issues, and re-establishing life patterns.
Returning To Your Hometown Doctor
As the patient prepares to leave, there will be another outpatient medical evaluation and conference to discuss ongoing, identified clinical issues. There also will be classes in long-term follow-up/post-transplant needs and nutrition.
Long-Term Follow-Up Services
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Long-Term Follow-up Department acts as a consult for patients and home-town physicians when questions arise about patient care, medications, and so on. Prior to departure, a phone number will be provided for contacting this department.
Re-Establishing Life Connections
This is the time for the patient to return home and, as time and stamina allow, to return to interactions with family, friends, work, and school. We have found, and we quote from a long-term follow-up study, "most long-term survivors, despite the persistence of lingering side effects, perceive themselves as cured and well, leading full and meaningful lives."
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