Preparing for my day at the hospital

So tomorrow I will go to Karolinska Sjukhuset for my day with doctor Lagercrantz. I am really excited and actually a bit nervous. I do not know how I will react or what will happen. What I know is that I will go there, to Radiumhemmet as it is called in Swedish, and there I will meet Dr. Lagercrantz. First we will be talking alone and she will try to answer my questions I have prepared. After that we will have a small lunch and then I will be a part of her four examinations of patients that is on her schedule.

The part that scares me the most is probably the part where I will meet her patients. I do not know who I will react to all of this, seeing the disease in it true form and what it does to people. I have some fears that I will start to cry, get really sad or upset. But I guess that time will tell how I am going to react.

For preparation I have come up with a lot of questions and they are quite open so that each of them can start a discussion or lead into a larger conversation and not only a yes or no answer. Here are a few examples of the questions: 

• Hur ska man förklara vad cancer är för personer i min ålder så att de förstår?
• Är bröstcancer ärftligt? 
• Vad är viktigast att tänka på redan nu i ung ålder? Vad drar vi mest nytta av nu att veta inför framtiden?