Fatigue is a very common side effect of mesothelioma chemotherapy. You could end up with mild lethargy or you could get completely exhausted from the effects of the chemo. The kind of fatigue you might experience is different from being tired and it is not relieved by sleeping or resting. It is usually worst at [...]
When you are on radiotherapy treatment for mesothelioma you need to take special care of yourself to protect your health and minimize the side effects during radiation treatment. Your doctor or nurse will give you advice about your treatment and the side effects you might have. Here are some useful tips for you: •Get plenty [...]
Radiotherapy or radiation therapy is one of the commonly used conventional medical methods of treating mesothelioma. Most mesothelioma patients will undergo radiation therapy at one stage or the other of their treatment and it is better for you to be well informed about this form of treatment so that you can get the maximal benefit [...]
Faith healing is based on faith, the belief that mesothelioma cancer or even any other disease can be cured by certain higher powers {God}or through contact with certain places that have a kind of supernatural healing power at work around them. Faith healing can involve prayer, a visit to a religious shrine, or simply a [...]
After completion of radiotherapy treatment for mesothelioma you will still need regular doctor visits to check your progress after your radiation therapy ends. You may also need help to deal with any problems that may come up. This phase of your treatment is called follow-up care. Your follow-up care will include checking the results of [...]
Meditation is a mind-body process that uses concentration or reflection to relax the body and calm the mind. It has been defined as the intentional self-regulation of attention, a mental focus on a particular aspect of one’s inner or outer experience. Meditation is one of several relaxation methods evaluated and found to be of possible [...]
Chemotherapy drugs for mesothelioma cancer work by targeting and killing rapidly growing cancer cells but because these drugs are transported round the body they also affect other normal rapidly dividing healthy cells of the body thus leading to normal cell destruction which causes most of the side effects attributed to them. Although side effects are [...]
The use of medical methods of treatment to treat mesothelioma pain might not be sufficient to treat the pain effectively, so you might need to try out some other non medical modes of treating mesothelioma pain. These non-medical treatments are now widely used to help manage cancer pain. Many techniques are used along with pain [...]
Some people have mesothelioma cancer pain that is not relieved by drugs or non-medical methods. When this happens, some other medical non drug related methods can be used to relieve the cancer pain. These other methods include: – Procedures to help stop pain impulses from going through the nerves Surgery Nerve pathways that carry pain [...]
Mesothelioma cancer can be associated with pain in different areas of the body affected by the cancer.These are important facts that every mesothelioma victim should know about mesothelioma pain: 1- Mesothelioma cancer pain can almost always be relieved or lessened. You have a lot of treatment options to manage your pain,some of these methods include [...]
