EMPOWERING RESILIENCE, ONE CELL AT A TIME
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the most common medical treatment for cancer. Chemotherapy can be either injections or tablets. Chemotherapy kills rapidly dividing cells (cancer cells). Chemotherapy can be used to shrink cancers before surgery or after surgery to reduce the risk of recurrence. The temporary side effects of chemotherapy include nausea, vomiting, hair loss, oral ulcers and low blood counts.
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Fact Check
The World Health Organization (WHO) evaluates that chemotherapy can cure or extend the lives of up to 80% of patients with some kinds of cancer.
Adverse Outcomes
Many more recent medications and administrations are well accepted and do not induce side effects in everyone who acquires chemotherapy. However, everyone is exceptional and will respond differently to the treatment. A majority of side effects are temporary and will go away once the treatment is concluded. Although the side effects can be unpleasing, we now have good medications to restrain many of them, and we must balance the possible side effects of the therapy with the potential advantages.
What can you do to help yourself?
Keep yourself well hydrated.
Keep an optimistic attitude; understand everything you can about your condition and its cure; play an active part in overcoming your condition. Sharing your apprehensions with your loved ones will make you feel much better.
Relaxation and rest are beneficial; learning to ease up can enable some individuals to get through challenging times; you can consider yoga,meditation or listening to relaxation audio recordings or any other form of activities that help you feel better.
Exercise frequently to ease stress and uplift your morale.
- Preparing Yourself For Chemotherapy -
Being ready for what’s to come is a crucial element of the restorative journey. Our team will provide you with thorough instructions on how to prepare for yourself for the chemotherapy sessions, including what to anticipate during treatment and how to handle side effects. We also suggest a span of support services to help you cope with physical and emotional challenges of cancer treatment.
Side Effects
Numerous chemotherapy drugs have certain side effects, which are discussed further below