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Headache Relief For Chemotherapy Patients
After my breast cancer diagnosis and lumpectomy, I believed that, unlike other women with my diagnosis, I did not need chemotherapy -- that my cancer was not bad enough, that I would be okay with just surgery and radiation, that I would not lose my hair. Something thick and heavy sank in my stomach the day a nurse walked into my exam room, pathology report in one hand and catalogue for wigs in the other. I saw the catalogue and knew my fate. No words spoken. I knew.
It’s a frightening word...
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From Our Experts
Chemo Regimen FAQs: A -->CMF Chemotherapy
Q. I’ve been diagnosed with node-positive breast cancer, and the doctor says I’ll be having chemotherapy: AàCMF, is how he wrote it... Read more »
Chemo Regimen FAQs: EC Chemotherapy
Q. I wish it weren’t so, but I’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer that has spread to my lymph nodes, and I need to have chemotherapy.... Read more »
Chemo Regimen FAQs: AT Chemotherapy
Q. I’ve just found out I have to have chemotherapy. The doctor said it’s AT. What does that mean, exactly? A. AT is one of the types... Read more »
Chemo Regimen FAQs: FEC Chemotherapy
Q. I’m having FEC chemotherapy, which all I know involves three barely pronounceable words. What is it?A. Have you heard about FEC in the... Read more »
Chemo Regimen FAQs: CMF Chemotherapy
Q. I was hoping to avoid it, but no such luck: I have to have chemotherapy. What's this CMF the doctor says I'll be having? A. CMF is... Read more »
From Our Sources
Chemotherapy 101 Part II: Managing Through Treatment
Part II: Managing Through Treatment Ready, Set, Go Before each chemo session, a nurse will draw blood to check your blood counts. If they are not in... Read more »
Meet Rob Streno, Migraine Expert Patient
Hello, my name is Rob, and I suffer from migraine headaches. Such a simple sentence, yet such a complex condition. For nearly three decades, I... Read more »
Take Control of Headaches and Migraines with Headache U
June 7 - 13 is National Headache Awareness Week (NHAW) this year. A host of educational events and programs are happening around the country... Read more »
Arthritis Patients Often Turn to Self-Care for Relief: Study
According to a new study, people who find out their knee pain is caused by osteoarthritis (OA) will often take the right steps to treat it, and they... Read more »
Brain Tumors: Primary: Chemotherapy
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
of ComplicationsPeritumoral EdemaSome tumors, particularly medulloblastomas, interfere with the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and cause hydrocephalus... Read more »
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