If you have a more advanced testicular cancer or if you're unable to adhere closely to the recommended follow-up schedule, your doctor may recommend other treatments after surgery.

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Don't hesitate to ask your doctor to repeat information or to ask follow-up questions for clarification.

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Your doctor will check your eye during several follow-up visits, and you'll need to use antibiotic and anti-inflammatory eyedrops to fight infection and scarring of the newly created drainage opening.

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Instead, the patients received regular follow-up for congestive heart failure, such as appointments with their doctor, and calls every three months to verify their status in the study and to check for such events as unreported hospitalizations.

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Your doctor will give you a recommended schedule for follow-up appointments.

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The Effect, which stars former Doctor Who actress Billie Piper, is Prebble's follow-up to her hit 2009 play Enron.

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Edwards, 53, canceled a Tuesday evening house party in Iowa to go with his wife to a doctor's appointment, which his campaign described as a follow-up to a routine test she had Monday.

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