side effects of chemotherapy
Cancer is a disease that gains more and more of the ground we used to own in health matters especially now, in the 21st century. Highly powerful medication remains the main way to deal with the disease which is why chemotherapy patients have to be informed on the necessity and the specificity of the cancer treatments.
The most widely used treatment of cancer is chemotherapy either followed or preceded by surgery. Chemotherapy patients usually have to deal with overwhelming physical and psychological stress. One's morale can easily break down because of the physical sufferance chemotherapy brings. The side effects that one will experience may eat away at one's self-esteem, since they may include alopecia, constant nausea and dizziness, pains and infections of all sorts depending on the part of the body that is affected or on the type of medication that has been prescribed to follow. Some chemotherapy patients think that they lose the grip of who they are since they can no longer perform certain activities that have previously defined their life or that have brought smiles on their faces.
Another impact level on chemotherapy patients is the psychological one. They need to receive the moral needed support from their family and friends and the trouble is that many choose not to share this burden with their loved ones. Feeling alone and depressed could significantly alter the evolution of the disease. Not being able to talk about it as you would, not being able to share will make you feel marginalized, separated from the people in your life and will break your morale.
On the other hand, those chemotherapy patients that initially build rapport with family and friends and choose to communicate about it and share the burden, may end up feeling guilty for spoiling family life and for being set on the top priority list, a list that is usually not considered a pleasure bringing one. They themselves may end up feeling that they have turned into a burden to their family putting strain on relationships and may choose to seclude themselves as a result of this feeling.
All these considered, it is highly understandable that family and friends of chemotherapy patients should be informed about what their beloved ones are going through and about how help can be provided in such situations. The moral strength of chemotherapy patients can be kept above surface level or increased only by psychologists and people who honestly display affection and interest in helping.
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A bone scan is to determine if the cancer has spread to the bones or not. If there was no lymph node involvement, then they probably won't do a bone scan. It seems like her doctor did all that was needed to have the best chance for survival for her.
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I am so sorry to hear you had to go through that, It was scary for me at the age of 23, so i couldn't imagine how you felt at the age of 8, i also got very sick after my first cycle of chemo, i had a infection and was in hospital nearly 2 weeks, As hard as it is i'm glad i had the chemo because it has saved my life, so now i have to do is wait for a Liver Transplant, so how old are you now? & how are is everything going with you? we sure so do have something in common. Takecare.
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Same answer as you other question. This must be school work.
As I wrote there are over 100 drugs that are called "chemotherapy."
Each chemotherapy drug is different.
Each has a different side effect profile.
You would need to look up - do an internet search for - "Chemotherapy drugs"
- and then look into each one individually.
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