Problem
Based on the following cancer patient profile, answer the following questions:
Brandon is a 14-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer that started in his B lymphocytes in the lymph nodes in his neck. He is considered stage II because his cancer is located in three lymph nodes on the right side of his neck but hasn't metastasized beyond these nodes.
A. Determine why chemotherapy is an appropriate cancer treatment plan for your patient.
B. Write blog entry from the perspective of your patient. Remember, the purpose of your entry is to educate patients your age about the science behind each treatment as well as what to expect when going through treatment. Put yourself in the place of these teenagers and use your imagination to describe their journey.
C. Describe the treatment plan for your patient. Explain how this treatment works to attack and destroy cancer cells and why this particular treatment plan was chosen for your patient.
D. Describe what a typical treatment session entails. Include a description of at least one medical professional who assists with the treatment and mention the frequency of the treatment sessions.
E. Describe what life is like for your patient after treatment (you can talk about his life as a student and how things changed overall, from his point of view)
F. Discuss any short-term and long-term side effects of the treatment, and explain how these side effects relate to the treatment (chemotherapy)
G. Mention any other medical interventions that may help your patient feel better as the treatments take effect(examples: exercising, pain killers, radiation therapy, etc)
Try to follow the format of a blog entry and you can divide each of the bullet points into categories/sections/days as necessary.
He is a 14 year old teenager so try to make it from his perspective and relatable.