Archive for the ‘Cancer’ Category
Mouth reactions usually start within a few days of treatment. You can minimise the problem by taking steps to protect the lining of your mouth from infection or any other irritation. If you are having drugs that are likely to cause mouth ulcers (or actually have caused them on previous treatments) ask your doctor for [...]
It is not unusual for people who have had unpleasant nausea with chemotherapy to develop anticipatory nausea and vomiting. This means starting to feel ill or even vomiting before you get your chemotherapy. If this happens to you, it does not mean that you are going crazy or that you are a weak person. It [...]
For extensive cancer pain, some doctors recommend injection of morphine into the covering around the spinal cord through a small plastic tube which can be left in place (epidural injection). This can result in better pain relief for less side effects, but has some drawbacks such as the risk of infection, inconvenience, and the need [...]
Now we come to the question which hangs on every patient’s lips, although some never dare to actually ask it: ‘How long will I live?’ Many patients avoid asking this question because they fear the answer so much. In my experience, most patients actually imagine that things are worse than they really are. Thus the [...]