Nausea and Fatigue. There are many anti-nausea medications available; your physician and chemo nurse will work together with you to find out what works best for you. Modern pharmacology can go a long way toward alleviating, or at least minimizing, your physical reactions. There are three points at which you are likely to experience nausea: [...]
Vitamin E cream or the gel from vitamin E capsules may be applied on your scars as they start to heal. You could also try aloe vera (either pure gel or straight from the leaf of an aloe plant). Be easy on yourself as you recover from surgery. Remember that you are healing both physically [...]
Although both sons and daughters will be strongly impacted by their mothers’ struggle with breast cancer, adolescent and young adult daughters may be most painfully affected. Unlike their brothers, they must carry the added burden of wondering if they, too, will become victims of this disease in the future. Most of them know that their [...]
A diagnosis of breast cancer is almost as hard on a partner as on the woman directly affected. Generally speaking, men find it more difficult than women to express their feelings, to ask for and accept help. It is also common that the attention of family and friends is focused on the patient; few people [...]
All over the world, when the trauma of serious illness strikes, many people instinctively turn first for guidance and solace to their own religious group, whether the traditional, institutional type, or some newer, hybridized variety. If you are a member of a church, mosque, or synagogue, you will probably seek the counsel of your own [...]