Today I feel like I am 100 years old. I fell asleep on the couch last night which I’m sure didn’t help with my back pain. I woke up today with my whole body aching. Part of me feels like I need to stretch my body, the other part feels like it needs a vallium. I had a ...
Thrombosis remains the most common preventable cause of mortality in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Whilst the prophylaxis and treatment of this condition is well understood, the patient experience and subsequent behavioral factors are not. Patients receiving treatment for cancer-associated thrombosis...
Results: The amount of time required in total for the prescription process was increased up to seve7 times compared to the beneficial amount of time, and the longest delays in patients' waiting time were observed with regard to the process of chemotherapy (more than 2 hours and 40 minutes, ...
Some drugs, like certain chemotherapy drugs, may interact with ACTIMMUNE and could make it more likely that your heart or nervous system could be damaged. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take. Avoid taking ACTIMMUNE at the same time as a vaccination. You are encouraged to report...
Ultimately, the aim of Care Plus is to ensure people with advanced illness and their families have the support they need to live well and plan for their future. As one patient summed up, "I thought [palliative care] was just caring for those who are dying. But this is much bigger than...
“had a lot of fun with it.” betancourt had to have additional surgeries, including a hip replacement after one of the chemotherapy drugs she was taking caused irreversible damage to her hip. “i had to use a cane,” she says. “it was very difficult for me to adjust to that.” ...
At the healthcare facilities, participants underwent a series of laboratory investigations and examinations which led to the diagnosis of their condition and subsequent treatments (surgeries, radiotherapy and chemotherapy). “When I saw the bleeding, then I went to the hospital where I complained to ...
Hospice services are underutilized and frequently occur too late in the disease course to spare patients from burdensome care in the final weeks of life [106]. Patients are required to forgo life-sustaining therapies such as chemotherapy, radiation, and future hospitalization when they enroll in ...
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Eight years, 142 chemotherapy treatments to date, multiple surgeries and procedures, and an ongoing battle with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer have not stopped one Dothan man from viewing the future as one filled with opportunity. ...
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