In addition to symptom prevalence being high, a substantial percentage of patients noted that they were bothered a lot by their symptoms, regardless of type of symptom. In a palliative care study,16 more than half of the somatic symptoms were rated as moderate to severe, yet two-thirds of ...
Rest assured that your doctor will offer effective medications to manage any pain. In the final days and weeks, sleeping a lot, confusion, and changes in breathing patterns are common. Some people, but not all, develop moments of clarity and alertness soon before they pass. National Cancer In...
“That was when I decided how to48it: crying over this bad wig or laughing about it.49way would make50remember it.” Bonnie said. She spent a lot of time looking for anything funny from cancer patients. She got a lot out of collecting51stories. She started laughing a lot, finding it...
Also I’m sleeping a lot better and bed time is getting earlier although still needs some improvement. I can definitely say that sleeping better stems from not eating sugar before I go to bed, more on that a bit later.) Exercise is another biggie I’m grappling with at the mo. I’ve...
“…first and foremost, it was that we were a group hiking together, it’s a lot easier when you are a team… one day we hiked about ten kilometres or similar, it was far and took a whole day but since we were a team supporting and encouraging each other and having fun, we could...
Trouble sleeping Trouble thinking clearly ("chemo brain") Cancer Treatment, Premature Menopause, and Infertility About a quarter of the estimated 300,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer in the U.S. each year have not gone through menopause. Some chemotherapy and hormone therapy drugs that treat...
Advanced bladder cancer (aBC) is a significant health concern in Europe and has a poor prognosis. Patients with aBC face numerous unmet needs and challenges that significantly impact their quality of life (QoL). This study aims to analyze social media data from five European countries to address...
2025, cancer patients, cancer survivorship, hope, Inspiration Leave a comment As we welcome 2025, I’m not going to use this blog to give a lecture about New Year’s resolutions or to suggest that you make elaborate promises to yourself. I realize that living with cancer often renders suc...
The condition puts a lot of financial burden on its victims and there is the need for a system to reduce the burden on patients. It is recommended that the treatment of cervical cancer should be covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme to ease the financial burden on patients. There ...
I've also spoken to a lot of young patients about how mind-boggling it is to get this kind of diagnosis at such a young age. I was an adamant CrossFit enthusiast, and I had spent a lot of my 30s kind of refocusing my diet on trying to be what we all kind of expect to be hea...