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20 Dec

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Introduction

A is for… Alternative and Complimentary Medicine

B is for… Beauty Tips During Chemo

C is for… Chemo Schmemo

D is for… Diagnosis – A Life-Changing Event

E is for… Emotions

F is for… Family and Fertility

G is for… Gift Ideas

H is for… Hairloss

I is for… I’ve finished but I still feel rubbish…

J is for… Jumping the Gun – “Scanxiety”

K is for… Keeping Hair – Cold Capping

L is for… Lymphoedema

M is for… Menopausal Symptoms

N is for… Nutrition and Diet

O is for… Operations

P is for… Preparing Yourself for Treatment and Surgery

Q is for… Quacks

R is for… Reconstruction

S is for… Sex and all that Jazz…

T is for… Tamoxifen

U is for… Underwear

V is for… Virtual Friends

W is for… Weighty Issues

X is for… X-Rays, Tests and Scans

Y is for… YAAAAAWN – Dealing with Fatigue

Z is for… Zapping those Cancer Cells – Radiotherapy

Tags: Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, coping with chemo

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Categories Coping with Chemo - my A to Z of tips

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Intro

Hello folks, I was diagnosed with an aggressive primary, locally advanced breast cancer last year at the age of 33, and kept a journal of my experiences and tips that helped me through treatment. Apart from the cathartic element of sharing my experiences and tips (which I am doing in an A-Z format – hence the name!), […]
Index

This blog is in the process of being written and links will be made live as the post is published. If you would like to receive notifications of a new post, please follow me – either on Facebook, Twitter or by email (enter email address on the sidebar on the right). Introduction A is for… Alternative and Complimentary […]
A is for… Alternative and Complimentary Medicine

This is a bit of a minefield and I’m not going to dish out any advice as don’t want to give you any wrong info. All I would say is check with your oncologist before you use any alternative or complimentary medicine, vitamin and mineral supplements and even aromatherapy agents. For example, I was given […]
B is for… Beauty Tips During Chemo

Chemo does not do wonders for your looks!! Understatement. It parches your skin, can give you awful spots and a bright red and round steroid face, it can make you pile on weight and rids you of your girly eyelashes, eyebrows and luscious locks, leaving your appearance a bit frog-like with a definite cancer-patient air. So if we can […]
C is for… Chemo Shmemo

Everyone reacts differently to chemo but the majority are surprised to find it’s NOT NEARLY AS BAD as you had expected it to be. For me, it was like a bad hangover that lasted for a week or so after each chemo session. Actually, I guess that’s exactly what it is – although this time […]