Understanding chemotherapy - Macmillan Cancer

Where chemotherapy is givenHow to contact the hospitalYou will be given telephone numbers to contact the hospitalif you have a temperature (see page 33), feel unwell or needadvice on side effects. This should include ‘out-of-hours’contact details for evenings, during the night or the weekend.Some cancer centres have a 24-hour number you can call atany time for advice.It’s very important to keep the numbers somewhere safe(save them in your mobile phone for example), and to followthe contact advice you’ve been given by the chemotherapynurse or cancer doctor.‘The nurses were always prepared to answerthe phone 24 hours a day, if you had cancerrelated side effects or symptoms that youdidn’t understand or you couldn’t cope with.They were really very helpful.’Rob23