Memorial Regional Breast Care Center

Personal Care Planner Notebook -
For Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients

The Personal Care Planner is a notebook designed for all new breast cancer patients at Memorial Hospital. It is a three ring notebook with divided sections regarding: phone numbers, calendar, test results, general breast cancer information, surgery information, chemotherapy or radiation information, nutrition, support groups, resources and other areas of interest.

The Personal Care Planner is individualized for each patient and distributed by the Memorial Regional Breast Care Center nurse navigator. The nurse navigator for the patient is willing to sit down and talk to the patient and family members about the information in the notebook or go over it with them on the phone at the patient’s convenience.

It is our hope that patients will use their Personal Care Planner during their diagnosis and treatment of their cancer. Your physician will be referring you to a surgeon, medical oncologist and radiation oncologist, as needed who will be giving you additional information. Patients can add information they obtain from other physician visits in the notebook so that all the information can be kept in one place and used as a reference for them and their family.