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When You Throw Up Everything in the First Week of Chemo: Managing Nausea and Preventing Dehydration
A practical guide to getting safely through the nausea and vomiting common in the first week of chemotherapy, including what to do when you vomit your medicine, how to stay hydrated, and the warning signs that mean you should call your care team right away.
Sore, Darkened Skin Around the Anus After Bowel Surgery — Caring for Irritated Perianal Skin
Loose, frequent stools after colon surgery can leave the skin around the anus raw and darkened. Learn home care basics — gentle cleansing, skin barriers, air-drying, diet tweaks — and the warning signs that mean you should see your care team.
When 'Immune-Boosting' Treatments Are Offered: How to Make Wise Choices During Cancer Care
A practical guide to recognizing unverified 'immune-boosting' and supplementary therapy offers during cancer care, and to checking indications, costs, and evidence with your treating physician before deciding.
Living Safely Between Chemo Cycles When Your Neutrophils Drop
How to lower infection risk while neutrophils are low between chemo cycles — outings, food safety, and hand hygiene — plus UTI prevention after bladder surgery and the warning signs that need urgent care.
Preparing for a Cervical Cone Biopsy: What to Expect and How Timing Works
A plain-language guide to cervical cone biopsy: what the procedure is, why menstrual timing matters for scheduling, and how to prepare and recover safely.
After Stoma Reversal: Easing Back Into a Normal Bathroom Routine
After a temporary stoma is reversed, the bowel and anal muscles need time to readjust, often causing frequent bowel movements and Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS). This guide explains what to expect and offers practical tips on diet, skin care, and pelvic floor exercises, plus warning signs that need a doctor.
If you have lung cancer, pay attention to indoor air and fine dust — manage it this way
For people receiving lung cancer treatment, indoor air quality matters as much as outdoor fine dust. This article covers habits you can practice at home to ease the burden on your airways: using the range hood while cooking and timing ventilation, blocking secondhand smoke, using a HEPA-filter air purifier and changing filters regularly, and checking the fine dust forecast before going out and managing things after returning home.
Our Child on Chemotherapy: Hand Washing and Hygiene Habits to Prevent Infection
A child undergoing chemotherapy has weakened immunity and is easily infected even by common germs. This piece lays out how the child and the whole family can make 20-second soap hand washing a habit, and how to look after household hygiene, safe meals, and visitor management together. A fever of 38 degrees or higher is an emergency, so do not hesitate to contact the medical team.
Living with a Tracheostomy Tube - Breathing, Cleaning, and Getting Used to It Day by Day
A guide to daily care for people living with a tracheostomy tube. Centered on real life, it covers humidification that warms and moistens the air in place of the nose, care of the skin and gauze around the tube, knack for suctioning mucus, voice and communication, precautions when bathing, and being prepared for emergencies.
When the Salivary Glands Weaken: Day-to-Day Oral Care to Protect Your Mouth
When salivary gland function declines, a dry mouth affects swallowing, speaking and even sleep. The key points are to sip water little and often and to stimulate the glands with sugar-free gum, to brush frequently with a soft toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste, to use alcohol-free moisturizing rinses and artificial saliva, to ease nighttime dryness with a humidifier and lip balm, and to have dental check-ups more often than usual.
Lymphedema That Swells the Neck and Face: How to Manage It in Daily Life
This article gathers ways to manage, in everyday life, the lymphedema that develops in the neck and face after head and neck cancer treatment. It covers the basic principle of feather-light manual lymphatic drainage, a head-elevated sleeping position and avoiding tight clothing and high heat, skin moisturizing and infection prevention, and lifestyle habits such as neck stretches and abdominal breathing, along with the warning signs of suspected infection and when to go to the hospital.
When Your Fingertips Feel Like Someone Else's Skin: How to Endure Numbness in Hands and Feet During Gynecologic Cancer Chemotherapy
This article addresses the numbness in hands and feet and peripheral neuropathy common in gynecologic cancer chemotherapy (taxane and platinum agents). At a patient's eye level, it calmly covers how to record the nature and changes of symptoms for use at appointments, safety management at home such as keeping warm and preventing burns and falls, light exercise and stimulation of the hands and feet, the point that pain medication and supplements must be discussed with the medical team, and the possibility of recovery after treatment ends.