Chemotherapy Side Effects
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Chemotherapy is a powerful drug-based treatment that attempts to erradicate the body of cancer cells. The potency of the drugs cause often severe side effects in patients including hair loss, mouth sores and nausea, to name a few. Patients undergoing chemotherapy are given anti-nausea medications to ease their symptoms.
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After the Hair Loss, Early Menopause: Finally Something Exciting While Living with Cancer
Hi everyone! So I'm sure a lot of you are dealing with your hair falling out from chemo. And if you're like me, and cancer treatment pushed you into early menopause (I'm in my late 20s), then you absolutely understand the agony of hot flashes and being hot all the time. This time that I have been away, I have been trying to…
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Phyllis Johnson, Health Guide, answered side effects years later after… I'm glad that reading about other people's experiences is helping you. I…
PJ Hamel, Health Guide, answered foot/leg pain and breast cancer… Jeanne, I find the attitude of some doctors frustrating; "being alive" isn't the…
PJ Hamel, Health Guide, commented on After the Hair Loss, Early Menopause:… Your hospital should be able to direct you to someone who specializes in…
Phyllis Johnson, Health Guide, commented on New Study: Chemo Brain May Last for… Thanks for sharing this latest research, PJ. For those of us who have…
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