"after u finished ur last chemo, we'll ask u to come back every month. the first 2 months we will followup on all the side-effects. basically most of the side effects should be gone by then except the sense of taste and the dry salivary gland which would take months to recover. the third month we will conduct a thorough scan to confirm that u r cleared. usually the tumor is still there even after the treatment, but it will continue to shrink for a period of time until it's totally gone. so the scan is scheduled to be 3 months later. most of the patients would be cleared by then. only a handful will hv residual cancerous cells. if that's the case, we would conduct a surgery to remove any residual cancerous cells. the relapsing of npc is usually in the first two yrs. so u r require to come back every month for checkup. u r considered recovered only after u passed thru the first two yrs."
not so bad. at least i know i'll hv 3 months of peace after treatment. so sick of reporting to hospital everyday...
At least he gave you the expected timeline for each events. Good news indeed.
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