Phase 5: Long Term Maintenance
This is the longest phase of treatment for ALL, lasting anywhere between 1.5-2.5 years (longer for boys than girls). On the brighter side, the chemo drugs and schedule is fairly fixed and predictable, and life slowly starts returning to the new normal. On the harder side, the sudden reduction in clinic visits from daily (or multiple per week) down to monthly or bi-monthly visits can be hard, as it feels scary to venture back into the real world and send your kid back to school without knowing the ANC or immunity levels…
Details coming soon.