Cancer

How Cancer Can Affect Your Sex Life

Understand Cancer- Cancer can adversely affect sex life of a person. Most of the cancer patients report to develop long-term sexual dysfunction after cancer.......

Nutrition Therapy for Cancer Patients

Cancer Treatment through Nutrition Therapy - There are some foods that are known to have a good effect on cancer patients. It offers a very good alternative to cancer treatments that have many.......

Sore Throat in Cancer Patients

What it is ?Chemotherapy and radiation therapy to the head and neck can make the lining of your throat inflamed and sore (esophagitis). It may feel as if you have a lump in your throat or that your ch....

Weight Gain in Cancer Patients

What it is ?Weight gain occurs when you have an increase in body weight. Many people with cancer think they will lose weight and are surprised, and sometimes upset, when they gain weight.Why it happen....

Taking control when cancer returns

Cancer that returns can affect all parts of your life. You may feel weak and no longer in control. But you don't have to feel that way. You can take part in your care and in making decisions. You can ....

Vomiting in Cancer Patients

What it is ?Vomiting is another way to say “throwing up.”Why it happens ?Vomiting may follow nausea and be caused by cancer treatment, food odors, motion, an upset stomach, or bowel gas. S....

When cancer comes back

Maybe in the back of your mind, you feared that your cancer might return. Now you might be thinking, "How can this be happening to me again? Haven't I been through enough?"You may be feeling shocked, ....

How to deal with Cancer in the Family?

Learning about the type of cancer the person in your family has and the treatment being used will help you understand what is happening to your family member. Both of these are important to know about....

Living with Cancer: Setting Goals

"There are lots of things I still like doing, but I know that I can't do them as well or as much. But that doesn't stop me from trying to achieve them in a different way." - SookieCancer treatment can....

How do you feel when Cancer returns

People feel so many emotions when they find out that their cancer has come back. Shock, fear, anger, and denial are just a few. The new diagnosis hits them as hard as it did the first time, or even ha....

How cancer in the family affects intimate relationships

Any illness changes family life for a while. A parent or a brother or sister who is home sick with the flu can't spend as much time with the family as usual. The sick person may get special attention,....

How Cancer Changes Things: A perspective on relationships after Cancer in the family

When someone in your family has cancer, things can change for everyone. These changes can be large or small. What it is like to have a parent or a brother or sister with cancer depends on a lot of thi....

If Cancer Comes Back

"I've been through this once, and I'll get through it again. I just wish I didn't have to, but that's the challenge before me." - JanetThis is a hard time in your life. Living with cancer is tough, es....

Manage the Side Effects of Cancer Treatment

You probably already know about ways to manage the side effects of cancer treatment. If so, parts of this section will be a review for you. It outlines some of the support therapies cancer patients ha....

Cancer: Can It Be Cured

Some people think that because a person has cancer he or she is going to die. Although some people do die from cancer, many do not. More people are living with cancer today than ever before. In many c....

Cancer Patients: Find meaning in Life

At different times in life, it's natural for people to look for meaning in their lives. And many people with recurrent cancer find this search for meaning important. They want to understand their purp....

Cancer and Relationships: How the Parents of a Cancer patient feel?

If someone in your family has cancer, you may wonder how your parents feel. There's no one answer to this question. Just like everyone else, parents may feel many different things when they have cance....

Dry Mouth in Cancer Patients

What it is ?Dry mouth occurs when you have less saliva than you used to. This can make it harder to talk, chew, and swallow food. Dry mouth can also change the way food tastes.Why it happens ?Chemothe....

Diarrhoea in Cancer Patients

What it is ?Diarrhea occurs when you have frequent bowel movements that may be soft, loose, or watery. Foods and liquids pass through the bowel so quickly that your body cannot absorb enough nutrition....

Appetite Loss and Cancer

Appetite loss is a common problem faced by the cancer patients. During the course of treatment most of cancer patients don't feel like eating much, the problem must be given due consideration and must....